The author writes, “In the 1960s, Switzerland had among the dirtiest water in Europe, blighted by mats of algae, mountains of ...

Twenty summers ago, my husband, Matt, and I swam down the Aare River in Switzerland with a dog named Arcas. I don't love dogs, which has always felt like a moral failing. But Arcas was special.

Currently, all of Switzerland’s glaciers are far beyond ... meltwater from glaciers partially compensated for water shortages in rivers, says Matthias Huss. But if there are fewer glaciers ...