Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries – until a roaring glacier wiped it out

Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries – until a roaring glacier wiped it out

From BBC

“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round, and their annual reports show a clear, accelerated thaw, linked to global warming.

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