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Landslide threat: authorities order evacuation of Swiss mountain village

The Valais village of Blatten completely evacuated

This content was published on May 19, 2025 The local authorities have ordered the complete evacuation of the village of Blatten and its 300 residents due to "imminent" dangers.

Situation in evacuated landslide area in Blatten VS remains serious

Swiss mountain village threatened by serious landslide risk

This content was published on May 19, 2025 The situation in the mountain village of Blatten, canton Valais, remains serious due to the threat of a landslide, Swiss officials said on Sunday afternoon.

Achille Capelli studies the effects of climate change on Alaska's ice and snow. Pictured is at Barrow Point, the northernmost point in the United States.

Climate solutions

From the snow of Davos to the ice of the Arctic

This content was published on May 18, 2025 Swiss researcher Achille Capelli has found an open-air laboratory in Alaska. He is studying the polar ice shelf and is worried to see the impact of climate change.

Mountain spring begins six days earlier than 25 years ago

Climate solutions

Study: spring in Swiss Alps starts earlier and earlier

This content was published on May 16, 2025 Climate change is transforming the Alps: after the snow cover disappears, plants in meadows and pastures are sprouting roughly six days earlier than 25 years ago.

Climeworks faces a less friendly atmosphere in the US

Emissions reduction

Swiss CO₂ removal firm Climeworks to downsize

This content was published on May 15, 2025 Swiss start-up that specialises in CO₂ removal from the atmosphere is threatened with large-scale lay-offs.

Climate solutions

The Swiss mega-project to transport freight underground

This content was published on May 15, 2025 Cargo sous terrain - an initiative to build an underground tunnel system for transporting goods around Switzerland - rethinks strategy.

Research frontiers

Swiss researchers develop living material from fungi

This content was published on May 13, 2025 A Swiss research team has developed a new type of material from fungi. This could be used to create compostable films, moisture sensors or edible additives for food and cosmetics, they say.

Climate adaptation

Swiss glaciers start the summer with little snow cover

This content was published on May 12, 2025 The Swiss glaciers are starting the summer season this year with a record-low snow pack in some places.

Afternoon sunrays over the Granite Mountains, Wyoming, USA. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Jon G. Fuller / VWPics)

Climate solutions

Is playing with the sun to fight climate change worth the risk?

This content was published on May 10, 2025 Reflecting the sun’s rays back to space to prevent climate change, known as solar geoengineering, is as controversial as it is intriguing.

Stranded ships on Lower Lake Constance in April. The water level was very low due to insufficient rain and meltwater.

Climate solutions

Switzerland gets ready for increasing risks of severe drought

This content was published on May 9, 2025 A new national monitoring and warning system aims to ensure sufficient water for the future.

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