Temperatures across the Swiss Alps are currently rising twice as fast as the global average, leading to devastating ...

The Pyramids of Euseigne, located in the Hérens Valley, are a unique geological phenomenon and one of the main natural attractions in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. These formations, rising ...

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

Switzerland has a new tectonic ... The fourth edition of the map is based on the 2005 version and contains various geological maps. For the first time, it contains an English explanation that ...

The Swiss Alps ... riverbeds along the Alps to understand the erosion rate for the whole range. It marks the first time scientists have been able to create an erosion map of the entire European ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

"What happened is the unthinkable, the catastrophic worst-case scenario," Christophe Lambiel, a specialist in high-mountain geology and glaciers at the University of Lausanne, told RTS Swiss ...

Image As night falls, a sledder heads down the Eiger Run, a trail in the Swiss Alps.Credit...Clara Tuma for The New York Times Dotted trails on the resort map, often paralleling the ski runs ...