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Emergency financial aid authorised for Swiss village buried by landslide

Valais parliament authorises rapid aid for Blatten

This content was published on Sep 11, 2025 The Valais Grand Council gives the green light for a solidarity contribution of CHF 10 million for the village of Blatten, which was destroyed by the landslide. The aid is to benefit the population, companies and associations.

The Aletsch glacier will disappear by 2100, according to an Italian study

Glaciers & permafrost

Swiss Aletsch glacier ‘will disappear by 2100’

This content was published on Aug 20, 2025 The Aletsch glacier in Switzerland is likely to disappear by 2100, say ecologists.

View of the fjord and front of the Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat glacier in southern Greenland.

Glaciers & permafrost

Fibre optics detect the invisible waves that melt Greenland’s ice sheet

This content was published on Aug 20, 2025 The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland. This has been measured for the first time by a research team using fibre optics.

Blatten in Valais to be rebuilt in four years

Swiss Politics

Destroyed Swiss village of Blatten to be rebuilt within four years

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 After the devastating landslide, Blatten in Valais should be standing again by 2029. Municipal president Matthias Bellwald confirmed the corresponding plans to the Keystone-SDA news agency on Wednesday, which he had presented at a municipal meeting the previous evening.

German mountaineer dies in fall on the Riffelhorn in Valais

Glaciers & permafrost

German mountaineer dies in fall near Zermatt

This content was published on Jul 31, 2025 A 55-year-old mountaineer from Germany has fallen to his death on the Riffelhorn south of Zermatt.

Tourists admire the Aletsch Glacier, the longest glacier in Europe.

Glaciers & permafrost

What is the future of glacier tourism in a world with less ice?

This content was published on Jul 23, 2025 Climate change puts glacier tourism at risk. How can this vital industry be saved for local communities? Here are some adaptation strategies.

Glaciers & permafrost

Fading fast: the final years of East Africa’s glaciers

This content was published on Jul 23, 2025 East Africa’s tropical glaciers, from Kilimanjaro to Mount Kenya, are disappearing due to climate change. What does this mean for the continent’s water supply?

Stabilising permafrost in the Swiss Alps

Climate solutions

Permafrost thawing: protecting endangered mountain infrastructure in the Swiss Alps

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 Elizaveta Sharaborova, a Swiss-based researcher, explains how her solar-powered prototype can stabilise thawing permafrost threatening Alpine infrastructure.

Lenk Glacier Lake drained without complications

Glaciers & permafrost

Swiss glacier lake drains without causing flooding damage

This content was published on Jul 7, 2025 The Faverges glacial lake on the Plaine Morte above Lenk in the Bernese Oberland drained over the weekend. There was no flooding or damage, the authorities announced on Monday.

Swiss glaciers have lost the mass accumulated over the winter

Climate adaptation

Swiss glaciers lose winter snow and ice covering

This content was published on Jul 4, 2025 Swiss glaciers lose all the snow and ice accumulated over the winter and are now losing mass.

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