Tag: Alps
Residents in litigation in the collapsing Alps
On August 23, 2017, the village of Bondo, Switzerland, was swept away by stones and sand due to a landslide. ⓒAP Photo Kanderstek, a small town with a population of…
They wanted money for the death journey! “We want cash for burial expenses”
Jean-Marc Peillex, Mayor of Saint-Gervais in France, suggested that mountaineers who want to use the Gouter pass to Mont-Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps, despite the danger, pay a…
In the Alps, global warming is moving the Swiss-Italian border
In the future, walkers may be confused. Recently, the Swiss-Italian border was moved a few dozen meters. Usually, it follows the line of separation of the waters of the glaciers…
The ice cover of the Alps is now shrinking at a record pace in the grip of a heat wave – the situation was only supposed to come to light decades later
Glaciers are now melting at a record pace in several countries around the world, according to statistics collected by the Reuters news agency. Researchers and local residents are very worried…
Gstaad Festival: the Federspiel septet combines music from the Alps and world music
Opening up new horizons towards contemporary music is the aim of one of the most prestigious classical music festivals. Through his series Today’s Music », the Gstaad Menuhin Festival &…
Family from Umeå had SAS trip canceled – had to take the car to the Alps
– We were standing with packed bags in the hall. Just when we were actually supposed to get a ride to the airport, the strike broke out, says Christian Bigler.…
Hope is fading for 13 people missing after glacier collapse in Italian Alps: ‘They may never be found’
Hopes of surviving 13 people lost in an avalanche caused by the collapse of a glacier mass on Marmolada Mountain in the Italian Alps are fading. In the avalanche that…
A piece of glacier broke in the Alps in Italy: 6 dead, nearly 30 missing
A glacier and a piece of rock broke off on the 3,300-metre-high Marmolada Mountain, the highest peak in the Dolomites, as many climbers were present on Sunday afternoon, causing an…
Glacier collapse in Italian Alps kills at least five
A huge block broke off this Sunday, July 3 from the Marmolada glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, causing an avalanche which left at least five dead and eight…
“Snow blood” colors the peaks of the Alps red: “A vicious circle”
With each passing year, more and more red snow appears in the Alps. The cause is a spread of an algae that has come to be called “snow blood”. Researchers…