Overview

• Up to five million cubic meters of rock are in motion above Blatten, Switzerland, with one-third already detached in smaller slides.
• The village of Blatten was evacuated earlier this week, displacing 300 residents and livestock to safer locations.
• Permafrost degradation, driven by climate change, is identified as a likely cause of the instability at Kleines Nesthorn and other alpine regions.
• At Hochvogel in Germany, a growing 40-meter fissure threatens a significant collapse, with sensors providing a potential 2–3 day warning window.
• Scientists warn that warming trends will lead to more frequent large-scale rockslides in the Alps over the coming decades.