The Latest Breaking News from Alps

In his lab on Germany's tallest peak, Hannes Vogelmann measures the minute fluctuations of water vapour in the upper atmosphere to better understand how we're changing Earth's climate.

One of the most iconic images of our time shows a polar bear marooned and adrift on an ice floe. Few other images capture the reality of climate change so viscerally. And now, ironically, Davos Man finds himself in a similar metaphorical position. His natural habitat, the hyper-globalised world of…

Liechtenstein is renowned for its Alpine scenery and historic castles, but the tiny principality also punches above its weight when it comes to a more down-to-earth tourist attraction - namely casinos.

Researchers in Italy have traced 600 years of snow cover in Val Ventina, a region of the Italian Alps, thanks to the study of shrubs. The results show a steady decline in the annual amount of snow.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) returns to its snowy winter residency in the Swiss Alps this week with a record attendance of business and government leaders.

Kicking off on January 15, this year’s World Economic Forum's theme is Rebuilding Trust

Coroner of Chamonix has opened an inquiry into the death of the trekker

The woman, 45, was airlifted off Mount Blanc glacier but could not be saved

Mountain rescuers were unable to save her