It is linked to a feedback effect. Experts issue urgent warning after observing disturbing phenomenon in the Alps: 'It's like the glaciers are shouting out' first appeared on The Cool Down.

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Scientists tracking the glaciers are drilling holes to gain further insights, and they have uncovered an alarming detail.

Glaciers in the Swiss Alps began to retreat about 170 years ago. The retreat was initially modest but in recent decades, melting has accelerated significantly as the climate warms.

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located ...

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A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP ...

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Swiss Alps avalanche leaves 3 dead, 2 injured near glacier Rescue crews walk at an avalanche site near Fiesch, Switzerland, Sunday, April 1, 2018. Swiss police say three people have been killed in ...

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Glaciers in the Swiss Alps began to retreat about 170 years ago. The retreat was initially modest but in recent decades, melting has accelerated significantly as the climate warms.