The Local Switzerland

Art project shows the scope of Switzerland’s extraordinary glacier loss

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 14:54:53 +0200

An art project has shed light on the sheer scope of Switzerland’s glacier loss in recent years due to climate change.

Can a referendum help save Switzerland's fast-melting glaciers?

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:42:20 +0100

Climate change has become a major issue in Switzerland, not least because of the country's receding glaciers. But the battle is on to save them and the public will have a say in it.

Swiss 'glacier initiative' collects 120,000 signatures

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:07:50 +0200

A popular initiative calling for Switzerland to go carbon neutral by 2050 has collected enough signatures for the issue to go before Swiss voters in a referendum.

WATCH: 3D models show how climate change could shrink Swiss Aletsch glacier

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:09:12 +0200

What will Switzerland’s majestic Aletsch Glacier look like in the year 2100 in the face of climate change?

'Year of extremes' for shrinking Swiss glaciers in 2018: study

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:16:48 +0200

Despite an exceptionally snow-filled winter, Swiss glaciers have lost 2.5 percent of their volume this year, according to a report on Tuesday which dubbed 2018 "a year of extremes".

Switzerland is rapidly losing its snow (and climate change is probably to blame)

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:02:03 +0200

A new study based on analysis of satellite images shows how much snow cover Switzerland has lost in the last 20 years.

Radar that predicted Trift glacier collapse was installed just days earlier

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:15:34 +0200

The state-of-the-art radar system that enabled experts to predict the collapse of the Trift glacier on Sunday and evacuate residents in advance was installed just a few days earlier, Swiss media reported on Monday.

Swiss glacier collapses after hundreds evacuated

Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:47:43 +0200

Part of the Swiss alpine glacier Trift in the country's south collapsed on Sunday, but caused no damage or casualties and residents evacuated from the area can return home, police in Valais canton said.

Body of German missing for 30 years found on Swiss glacier

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:16:58 +0200

The remains of a German hiker who went missing in August 1987 have been found on a glacier near Saas-Grund in the canton of Valais, police have said.

After 75 years, Swiss couple found on glacier finally laid to rest

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 19:47:31 +0200

The remains of a couple, found on a receding glacier in the Swiss Alps 75 years after they had disappeared, were at long last buried on Saturday near their native village.

Glacier bodies identified: 'We spent our whole lives searching for them'

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:11:23 +0200

UPDATED: The two bodies uncovered on a Swiss glacier last week have been formally identified as a married couple from Chandolin who disappeared in 1942.

Bodies of couple dead for 70 years found on Swiss glacier

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:06:59 +0200

Human remains thought to date back to before World War Two were discovered preserved in the ice at Glacier 3,000 last week.

Swiss glacier reveals body of skier missing for 53 years

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:56:49 +0200

A German skier who went missing whilst skiing in the Bernina Massive in 1963 has finally been found.

Swiss permafrost warmer than ever before: report

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:17:12 +0100

Permafrost in Switzerland is warmer than ever due to persistent hot weather in the past few years, according to government-funded permafrost monitoring organization PERMOS.

VIDEO: Drone takes you to the heart of Swiss glacier

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:05:03 +0100

Ever wondered what the inside of a glacier looks like? Let this revolutionary Swiss-designed globe be your guide.

Skier dies from fall in Valais glacier crevasse

Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:01:00 +0200

A 50-year-old man lost his life on the weekend after falling into a crevasse while crossing a glacier in Fieschertal in the canton of Valais.

Mountain guide dies from fall in Alpine crevasse

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:23:00 +0200

A 48-year-old Swiss mountain guide died on Monday after falling into a crevasse on the Corbassière glacier in the canton of Valais.

Swiss warn of glacier shedding massive chunk

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:03:00 +0200

A massive part of a glacier the size of 12 football fields in the Swiss Alps could break off, local authorities warned, after the discovery of an enormous crevasse in the glacier.