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The lost world of Swiss Alpine biodiversity

This content was published on Feb 8, 2020 An illustrated volume containing some of the first colour images of Swiss landscapes traces the beginnings of research into ecosystems.

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Four seriously injured in chairlift and cable collision

This content was published on Feb 7, 2020 Four people were seriously injured when a chairlift plunged to the ground in central Switzerland after cable collision, say canton Schwyz police.

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Snowboarding develops in leaps and bounds over 40 years

This content was published on Feb 6, 2020 It's 40 years since snowboarding got started in Switzerland as a kind of youth movement, and the sport is still dominated by younger people.

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Warming Swiss rivers threaten fish stocks

This content was published on Jan 31, 2020 The report, published in the journal Hydrology and Earth System SciencesExternal link, measured both the melting of glaciers over the course of 40 years and the temperature of rivers they discharge into. They found that rivers had warmed by an average of 0.33°C every decade since 1980, and by 0.37°C per decade over the past…

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Red-backed shrike is bird of the year

This content was published on Jan 30, 2020 The red-backed shrike has been voted Bird of the Year 2020 by nature conservation group BirdLife Switzerland.

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Where the bison roam

This content was published on Jan 29, 2020 Beefing up European bison stocks in Switzerland.

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Why we’re nostalgic for snow-covered Alps

This content was published on Jan 28, 2020 As white winters become less common, we are becoming ever more wistful for pastimes associated with them, like skiing.

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Peregrine falcon

This content was published on Jan 22, 2020 (SRF/swisisnfo.ch/jh)

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Most ski accidents happen just before lunch

This content was published on Jan 21, 2020 Some 76,000 people are injured on Swiss ski slopes each year, and most accidents happen around midday, says the accident prevention body.

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Fruit of the year is a rare cooking pear

This content was published on Jan 18, 2020 The Swiss cooking pear, of which there are only a few trees left, has been named Swiss fruit of the year.

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