Alpine Environment

Swiss resort of Zermatt off-limits due to flooding risk

Swans are shown gliding across the flooded riverbanks of the Rhône river.

This content was published on Jun 21, 2024 The banks of the Rhône river were being closed off to the public Friday due to flooding, and it was not possible to reach Zermatt by rail or car.

Thirty-one Swiss wolf packs with 122 pups spotted

This content was published on Jun 18, 2024 Some 31 wolf packs are known to have had offspring in Switzerland last year.

a mother and small child wade through water near a sign which reads "Gottlieben" at a pier.

Storms raise flood alert level on Lake Constance

This content was published on Jun 10, 2024 In Untersee, at the western part of Lake Constance, the water level on Monday morning was almost at the highest danger level.

According to the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (Glamos), at the end of April there was around 31% more snow on all of Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers than the average for the years 2010 to 2020.

The glacier melt in the Swiss Alps has begun

This content was published on Jun 4, 2024 The peak of the snow accumulation was most likely reached on Monday, wrote glaciologist Matthias Huss on the social media platform X on Tuesday.

The SED registers an average of three to four earthquakes per day in Switzerland and neighboring countries, or 1,000 to 1,500 quakes per year.

Earthquake service reports 4.4 magnitude quake in central Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 4, 2024 The earthquake was probably felt throughout Switzerland, according to the Swiss Seismological Service of federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

Legal action filed against pioneering Swiss large-scale Alpine solar plant

This content was published on Jun 3, 2024 Three organisations have submitted an appeal with the administrative court in Bern against the planned large-scale solar plant in Oberwil.