Swiss Glacier Collapse: How climate change is weakening glacial glue of the Alps
A catastrophic event struck the Swiss village of Blatten on Wednesday afternoon when the Birch Glacier collapsedburying nearly 90% of the village under a mix of ice, mud, and rock. Thanks to a timely geological alert, all 300 inhabitants were successfully evacuated. However, climatologists and geologists agree this was far from a routine natural disaster….