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Head of beer appears on Swiss stream

This content was published on Jun 23, 2016 Firefighters who came to investigate the creek in Dürnten, canton Zurich, were initially unsure of the cause of the pollution and called for back-up. However, one of them “caught a surprising whiff of beer”, according to information published in the Zürcher Oberländer newspaper on Thursday. By closing several side-streams the foam could be stopped and…

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Solar Impulse completes Atlantic crossing

This content was published on Jun 23, 2016 Piloted by Bertrand Piccard, the plane touched down in the Spanish city of Seville at 7:38am on Thursday completing the first ever solar and electric crossing without fuel or emissions over the Atlantic. The plane left New York on Monday morning, flying over 6,700 kilometres to reach Seville. While descending into Seville, the plane was…

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Solar Impulse completes US trip with New York landing

This content was published on Jun 11, 2016 The plane piloted by André Borschberg took off from Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania at 23:18 on Friday night (05:18 Saturday Swiss time) and landed in New York at JFK airport a little under five hours later. Before touchdown, the plane flew over the iconic Statue of Liberty. The next stage will be the long crossing…

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Switzerland battered by heavy rains and floods

This content was published on Jun 9, 2016 Heavy rain over the past few days has caused damage to homes and infrastructure in cantons Solothurn, Aargau and Basel-Country, with numerous cellars and roads flooded. The police and fire services were called out 400 times in Aargau alone, and in several areas civil protection volunteers were out in force. In the town of Stetten…

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NGOs urge government to double climate efforts

This content was published on Jun 2, 2016 Domestic emissions should be reduced by 60% from 1990 levels by 2030, not 30% as the government envisages, the Climate Alliance said on Thursday. The alliance outlined the measures that should be taken in an updated Masterplan 2050 report. These include the introduction of a consumption tax on imported products to reduce so-called “grey emission”…

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Solar Impulse lands in Pennsylvania

This content was published on May 26, 2016 After a delay to check for possible damage, the Swiss-made solar plane Solar Impulse 2 has landed in Pennsylvania on the latest part of its journey around the world. Bertrand Piccard was the pilot for the almost 17-hour flight. The Solar Impulse 2 was scheduled to fly from Dayton to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley on Tuesday…

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Solar Impulse underway from Oklahoma to Ohio

This content was published on May 21, 2016 The aircraft took off from Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday morning local time and is headed for Dayton in Ohio, according to organisers. The flight, with André Borschberg at the controls, is expected to take about 18 hours. The globe-circling voyage began in March 2015 from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and…

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Dams could potentially replace melting glaciers

This content was published on May 20, 2016 In the study published in latest Environmental Research LettersExternal link, the team simulated the effect of climatic change on glaciers across the European Alps. They estimated that two-thirds of the effect on seasonal water availably could be avoided if water was stored in areas that are becoming ice free. This is the first time such…

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