内容摘要：The last serious peace talks broke down more than 15 years ago.

The last serious peace talks broke down more than 15 years ago.

The landslide that buriedis focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.

How glaciers collapse — from the Alps and Andes to the Himalayas and Antarctica — can differ, scientists say. But in almost every instance, climate change is playing a role.In Switzerland, the mountainside gave way Wednesday near, in the southern Lötschental valley, because the rock face above the Birch Glacier had become unstable when mountain permafrost melted, causing debris to fall and cover the glacier in recent years, said Martin Truffer, a physics professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who studies how glaciers move.

While the debris insulated the glacier and slowed melting, its weight caused the ice to begin moving — which accelerated dramatically a few weeks ago. Authorities ordered the evacuation of, as well as all livestock, from the village in recent days, “when it became clear that there’s a whole mountainside that’s about to collapse,” said Truffer, who is from Switzerland.

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the valley floor and demolished large parts of the village. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the valley floor and demolished large parts of the village. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)Carolinas in September 2018.

Jonathan Graef and his siblings bought the Best View Inn in late 2023 and were halfway through renovations when Helene struck. They’ve been flooded twice since, but the new rafters and framing the Amish workers constructed have held.Jonathan Graef stands beside a worker’s car engulfed by a slide at his family’s Best View Inn in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. He and his siblings were renovating when Hurricane Helene struck and the inn has flooded twice more since. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Jonathan Graef stands beside a worker’s car engulfed by a slide at his family’s Best View Inn in Chimney Rock Village, N.C., on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. He and his siblings were renovating when Hurricane Helene struck and the inn has flooded twice more since. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)“It’s really trying to kick us down,” said Graef, whose property borders what is left of the Bayou Billy’s park. “But our spirits are high, our hopes are high and nothing’s going to stop us from opening this place.”