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Storms fail to end Swiss drought

This content was published on Aug 2, 2018 Heavy rain and flooding interrupted the long-running hot and dry spell in some parts of Switzerland, but the drought continues.

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Peat retreat: How Swiss biodiversity declined

This content was published on Aug 1, 2018 The story of Swiss wetlands – or how, in a few strokes, humankind has destroyed what nature built over thousands of years.

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World poised to exhaust renewable resources for 2018

This content was published on Jul 31, 2018 Wednesday is Earth Overshoot Day 2018, the point at which humanity has used more resources than the planet can naturally reproduce in a year.

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Hot, dry weather racks up more Swiss records

This content was published on Jul 30, 2018 Switzerland has already seen this year the second-warmest April, the fifth-warmest May and the fourth-warmest June. Canton Valais in western Switzerland and the southern side of the Alps have now seen the hottest July since records began, according to MeteoSwiss, the Swiss meteorological office. In the city of Sion, canton Valais, temperatures have been 3.3C…

A Swiss army Superpuma Helicopter discharges water over the forest fires near Mesocco in Southern Switzerland

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Weather authorities urge caution ahead of another week of severe heat and dryness

This content was published on Jul 29, 2018 MeteoSwiss warned that temperatures this week in the Lake Geneva region and the southern canton of Valais would reach 31-35 degrees Celsius (88-95 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Swiss summer driest since 1921

This content was published on Jul 25, 2018 While the years 2003 and 2015 were also parched, the dry spell this year started earlier, stretching back into the Spring. There has not been so little rainfall between the start of April to the middle of July for nearly 100 years, reports Swiss public television SRF. Several cantons have banned open fires – a…

A cover image for a Nouvo video about the migration of plants in Switzerland.

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Plants climbing to the peaks

This content was published on Jul 25, 2018 Not only humans migrate. So do plants. Due to global warming, species are climbing the Alps and threatening mountain biodiversity.

Switzerland at risk of water shortages and forest fires

This content was published on Jul 24, 2018 The environment is feeling the heat in the form of below-average water levels and a high risk of forest fire.

A man evacuating fish from a brook in central Switzerland

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Fire ban extended to further regions

This content was published on Jul 18, 2018 A ban to make a fire near forests in southern mountain regions of Switzerland has been extended due to the continuing dry spell.

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Swiss canton records rare wolf attack on livestock

This content was published on Jul 14, 2018 Lucerne’s hunting and fishing inspector confirmed a story in the Luzerner Zeitung newspaper that a wolf struck earlier this week in the central Swiss canton for the first time since 2013. While wolves have been spotted in the region, no attacks had taken place for some time. Farmers local to the region have been alerted…

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