Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside, sending plumes of dust skyward and burying nearly all of Blatten, an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. The devastating landslide is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. For more on how glaciers collapse — from the Alps and Andes to the Himalayas and Antarctica, FRANCE 24's François Picard welcomes Dr. Stuart Lane, Professor of Geomorphology at University of Lausanne. In almost every instance, climate change is playing a role.