International researchers with the participation of Graz University of Technology present a global assessment of ice loss ...

There are currently around 275,000 glaciers worldwide, in which huge quantities of fresh water are stored. But this reservoir is increasingly ...

The birds were extinct in Germany and Austria until a conservation project successfully brought them back at Lake Constance in Baden ... guide the birds over the Alps, helping them rediscover ...

Keen hikers should alight at the tiny station at Spittal-Millstӓttersee for some of the Alps’ most appealing ... on the shores of Lake Constance. The “Upper Town” is a maze of wonderfully ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.

After failing to recover the wreckage of a steamship, Swiss salvagers are now turning their attention to the remains of an aircraft that crashed into Lake Constance in 1957. The Ship Salvage ...

Surrounded by steep alpine forests and spring-fed from the glacial waters of Lake Constance, it is small but not insignificant. It was first discovered by Ngāti Apa, a Māori iwi, or tribe ...

Located between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, Interlaken offers unparalleled natural beauty and adventure. Surrounded by the towering Alps of Eiger, Mönch, and ...

Image credit: Alysha Huxley Soil stabilisation is critical in the Australian Alps. But since the 1800s, hard-hoofed feral species have damaged its vegetation, leading to erosion. “The Australian ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sebastian d’Alton, of the 57th Rescue Squadron, stands in front of the Italian Alps at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 5, 2025. (Staff Sgt Heather Ley/U.S. Air Force ...

The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...

DAVOS, Switzerland—The rumors carried fast in the thin mountain air. A crew member at the Zurich airport, one attendee at this year’s World Economic Forum insisted, had said that the Secret ...