Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

As glaciers melt, they can also increase the risk of deadly floods and landslides. A glacial collapse in Switzerland this ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

Dr Roberta Petrino, director of the Emergency Department at Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland, co-chaired the session "Climate change is ... the focus group responses, the top ...

Switzerland and Italy have officially agreed to adjust their border near the iconic Matterhorn mountain, a response to shifting glaciers caused by climate change. The Alps, which have long marked ...

The ruling affirmed that climate change poses a direct and substantial threat to ... picking over the thorny issues raised by the case and Switzerland’s response. Speakers also considered how this ...

By David Gelles As stocks gyrate in response to President Trump’s on ... the growing economic cost of climate change. In a recent report about the rising demand for air-conditioning, Morgan ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.