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Melting polar ice ‘directly threatens business profits’

This content was published on Jan 19, 2017 “There are no jobs, no business opportunities and no profits to be made on a dead planet.” That was a strong message heard at Davos.

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What should Donald Trump do about climate change?

This content was published on Jan 19, 2017 Former US vice-president Al Gore and Christiana Figueres, one-time executive secretary to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), talk about Donald Trump’s green credentials and what the US should do next to deal with global warming.

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How hot was it in 2016?

This content was published on Jan 12, 2017 If 2015 was the warmest year on record, 2016 was not far behind.

Red deer stag named Swiss animal of 2017

This content was published on Jan 3, 2017 The divided nature of the Swiss countryside is a growing problem for red deer, according to the organisation. While stags are known for their antlers and mating call, it is lesser known that stags move over great distances during the day and night and between summer and winter. “It’s mainly roads, railways and agglomerations that…

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Mild Christmas and still waiting for snow

This content was published on Dec 26, 2016 A weather station in the southern Ticino region of the country recorded 20.9° celsius (69.6°F) on Sunday, the highest temperature in 40 years according to the private Meteonews service. Other stations in Valais and in Graubünden, bordering Italy, temperatures reached around 12°-15°C. In lower lying regions north of the Alps it was up to 9°C.…

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One wind turbine kills up to 29 birds a year

This content was published on Nov 28, 2016 Small, nocturnal migratory birds were the main victims, according to the study results – carried out by the Swiss Ornithological Institute for the Federal Office for the Environment – released on Monday. The studyExternal link was the first of its kind to combine counting bird carcasses while also monitoring bird passage using a radar device. …

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Mountains, as they’re rarely seen

This content was published on Nov 26, 2016 Photographer Robert Bösch went in search of unknown angles of some of the country’s most well known peaks.

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Poor Swiss air causes 5,000 premature deaths a year

This content was published on Nov 23, 2016 Air pollution has significant impacts on the health of Europeans, particularly in urban areas, according to a report published on Wednesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Air Quality in Europe 2016External link presents an updated overview and analysis of air quality in Europe from 2000 to 2014 based on data from official monitoring stations…

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Alpine vistas of proposed national park

This content was published on Nov 23, 2016 The Parc Adula would have become Switzerland’s second and largest national park with its 1,000 sq km area.

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Why people are for – and against – a new national park

This content was published on Nov 23, 2016 An initiative to create Switzerland's second national park could fail to win support at the very level it began, the grassroots.

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