Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line ...

This small mountain hamlet was left to ruin in the 1930s, but has seen new life as a stop for hikers as a passionate group ...

While Whistler and Banff on the west coast get all the Canadian ski attention, this "French Alps" town in the east is North America's best ski resort.

A full 240-mile trek along the Via Alpina 1 takes around 20 days, but shorter itineraries are possible. For a scenic day trip ...

Tumbling from a height of 422 meters, Grande Cascade de Gavarnie (or, in English, “Gavernie Falls”), located within Pyrénées National Park, is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe. The Pyrenees ...

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has long been taking a fresh and creative approach to combining man-made structures with nature.

View of the Swiss alps, from Pischahorn towards the summits called Plattenhörner. (Sabine Rumpf) (CN) — A greener Alps means trouble for its plants and snow, suggests a new report by European ...

As night falls, the call to prayer rings out while skiers descend the floodlit slopes of Mount Erciyes in central Turkey.

Switzerland is racing to rebuild Blatten, which was crushed by a glacier. It’s a sign of the economic and emotional costs of a warming Europe.

SLF researchers are investigating a wide range of climate change impacts in the Alps so that people there can prepare for ...

Snow-covered chalets glow under starlit skies while church bells echo across frosted peaks. Mountain towns come alive with ...

Sylvain Tesson’s White unfolds the story of a gruelling ski journey across the Alps during which the author aims ...