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Two 'catastrophic' years melt away 10% of Swiss glacier volume: Study

Amid growing concerns over the dire toll of climate change, the study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences showed a dramatic glacial retreat, and warned the situation...

The Grand-Combin mountain is seen near Bourg-Saint-Pierre in Val de Bagnes, Switzerland, in this picture released May 27, 2022. Police Cantonale du Valais/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Three dead in tourist plane crash in Switzerland: police

A staff member of Spiez Laboratory in a BSL-3 lab removes a cell culture bottle infected with viruses from the safety cabinet and places it in a transport box in a bio-containment facility that is available to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a repository for SARS-CoV-2 viruses or other pathogens with epidemic or pandemic potential, in this handout picture taken June 1, 2022, in Spiez, Switzerland. Andrea Campiche/Spiez Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

Mountain melt shutters classic Alpine routes
Europe

Mountain melt shutters classic Alpine routes

The Grand-Combin mountain is seen near Bourg-Saint-Pierre in Val de Bagnes, Switzerland, in this picture released May 27, 2022. Police Cantonale du Valais/Handout via REUTERS
Europe

Falling ice boulders kill two, hurt nine on Swiss Alp

A cow is transported by a helicopter after its summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows near the Klausenpass, Switzerland August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Offbeat

Injured Swiss cows get helicopter ride from Alpine pastures