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Switzerland records abnormally mild winter temperatures

This content was published on Feb 27, 2019 Winter temperatures were 1.9 degrees higher at the Locarno-Monti station in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and 1.6 degrees higher in Lugano. This meant that southern Switzerland has seen only one winter with milder temperatures since 1864. + The hottest winter in southern Switzerland was in 2007 Temperatures in higher alpine regions, at more than…

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Renewables: Switzerland waiting for Godot

This content was published on Feb 27, 2019 The Swiss approach to boosting renewable energy is far too passive and slow, finds a specialist for environmental science and management.

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Switching to renewable energy is expensive

This content was published on Feb 20, 2019

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Energy saving made easy

This content was published on Feb 15, 2019 If heating systems in second homes in Switzerland could be controlled remotely, a large amount of energy would be saved.

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Swiss research shines light on meerkat survival odds

This content was published on Feb 13, 2019 Resilient and resourceful, Kalahari meerkats have long thrived in harsh desert environments. But an increase in extreme climatic events is putting that endurance to the test and may threaten their existence. Climate change is making one of their main habitats, the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa, warmer and drier, according to climate models. Researchers from the Universities…

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Swiss Polar Institute unveils climate expedition to Greenland

This content was published on Feb 11, 2019 The aim is to collect data on the melting of the ice cap that covers Greenland, interactions with the surrounding oceans and, more generally, on the effects of climate change in this part of the world. The journey will cover nearly 13,500 kilometres. Scientists have a lot of ground to cover as the ice retreats:…

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Zurich voters veto water supply privatisation

This content was published on Feb 10, 2019 Plans by the Zurich cantonal government to allow the partial privatisation of water utilities have failed to win voters’ approval.

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Swiss dismiss freeze on construction zones

This content was published on Feb 10, 2019 Voters have rejected a proposal aimed at curbing urban sprawl in Switzerland. The Green Party initiative failed to attract broad support.

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Ski chief pressured to resign over climate change remarks

This content was published on Feb 8, 2019 The Swiss head of the International Ski Federation (FIS), Gian-Franco Kasper, is confronting calls for his resignation.

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