Climate adaptation

Swiss study shows marmots move to higher altitude due to climate change

Marmots move a little higher due to climate change

This content was published on Jul 29, 2025 Swiss study finds that marmots move higher due to multiple factors, including climate change.

A tropical parasite moves from Switzerland to Germany

Climate adaptation

A tropical parasite spreads from Switzerland to Germany

This content was published on Jul 27, 2025 A pest from the tropics is giving Swiss agriculture a hard time. The caterpillar of the tomato moth (Helicoverpa armigera) devours almost everything. The moth is now spreading northwards.

Climate adaptation

Catfish thriving in Switzerland due to climate change

This content was published on Jul 24, 2025 Over the last 20 years, the number of catfish caught in Switzerland has increased massively.

Tourists admire the Aletsch Glacier, the longest glacier in Europe.

Glaciers & permafrost

What is the future of glacier tourism in a world with less ice?

This content was published on Jul 23, 2025 Climate change puts glacier tourism at risk. How can this vital industry be saved for local communities? Here are some adaptation strategies.

Glaciers & permafrost

Fading fast: the final years of East Africa’s glaciers

This content was published on Jul 23, 2025 East Africa’s tropical glaciers, from Kilimanjaro to Mount Kenya, are disappearing due to climate change. What does this mean for the continent’s water supply?

The Gösgen nuclear power plant in canton Solothurn is one of three still in operation in Switzerland.

Emissions reduction

Why climate change and wars are reviving interest in nuclear energy

This content was published on Jul 17, 2025 Is the Fukushima effect over? Here's why there is renewed interest around the atom and which nations want to build new nuclear power plants.

A crack in a ski lift structure in the Swiss Alps caused by thawing permafrost.

Climate solutions

New hope for cable cars and mountain huts threatened by permafrost collapse

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 A novel scientific solution being developed in Switzerland aims to stabilise mountain infrastructure endangered by climate change.

In recent years ski resorts at lower altitudes have had to re-think their tourism offers due to the lack of snow.

Climate adaptation

Climate change puts Swiss tourism to the test

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 Climate change threatens tourism in Switzerland - and is partly caused by it. How can the industry become more sustainable?

Stabilising permafrost in the Swiss Alps

Climate solutions

Permafrost thawing: protecting endangered mountain infrastructure in the Swiss Alps

This content was published on Jul 16, 2025 Elizaveta Sharaborova, a Swiss-based researcher, explains how her solar-powered prototype can stabilise thawing permafrost threatening Alpine infrastructure.

Romandie thanks to warm weather points to olive trees, could overtake Ticino

Agribusiness

Swiss olive cultivation to get a boost thanks to warm weather

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 More and more farmers in French-speaking Switzerland see climate change as an opportunity for olive cultivation.

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