The Swiss village of Blatten was wiped out in seconds. “What we can say is, basically, climate change is affecting all of the ingredients for a disaster like this. They’re shrinking, they’re cracking, they’re growing more unstable. “And we also know that climate change, higher temperatures and mountains are linked, from scientific studies, to higher rates of rockfall and higher rates of that kind of disintegration. So we can’t sort of say yes, the Birch glacier was climate change and climate change alone, but we can look at all of these factors, and all of them are related to global heating.”Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/todayinfocuspod

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2025 18:30 UTC