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Swiss duo help discover ultimate Indian bat caves

This content was published on Apr 23, 2015 Swiss caving enthusiast Thomas Arbenz is hooked to the thrill of exploration. For the 61-year-old adventurer, caves remain one of the few places on earth where no humans have set foot before. “It is such a good feeling to step into the unknown,” Arbenz told swissinfo.ch. “You feel like an explorer from the old days.” …

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Biodiversity continues to disappear unchecked

This content was published on Apr 21, 2015 “We are seriously concerned”, “I didn’t expect this”, “I’m worried and also angry” – these are just a few of the worrying comments by researchers involved in the report “The State of Biodiversity in Switzerland 2014”. The report, published on Tuesday, is the first time that 43 experts from 35 scientific institutions have collaborated to…

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The weather experts guiding the Solar Impulse

This content was published on Apr 21, 2015 The zero-fuel Solar Impulse plane depends on perfect weather for its journey around the world. The latest leg from Chongqing to Nanjing in China was particularly tricky for the team of specialists in Monaco, who try to work out the best flight route. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

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Sponge could clean up future oil spills

This content was published on Apr 19, 2015 A Swiss-developed sponge that one day could take on oil spills like the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster of five years ago has taken a step closer to industrial use. The Deepwater Horizon spill deposited an estimated 16-20 million gallons of oil on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, including what scientists have called a…

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Using drones to hunt for the oceans’ plastic pollution

This content was published on Apr 14, 2015 “It’s terrible, just terrible,” says Marco Simeoni, the president of the Race for Water Foundation, as he presents a vial full of micro-plastics. “This kind of pollution is probably one of our biggest environmental challenges. We’re talking about water, about fish and birds, about some of the most precious resources we have – and the…

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Who should pay to maintain Swiss woods?

This content was published on Apr 14, 2015 But forest management is costing owners more than they can earn from their woodlands and the Swiss forest owners association is campaigning for compensation from the government. The Kyoto climate agreement allows Switzerland and other industrial countries to include the CO2 effects of management of forests in their national greenhouse gas inventories. The carbon credits…

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Converting an old home into an energy showcase

This content was published on Apr 10, 2015 Two of the main pillars of Switzerland’s complex strategyExternal link aimed at transforming the country’s energy system by 2050 are lower electricity consumption and replacing nuclear power with renewable sources of energy. That, at least, is the theory. In practice, power and construction companies are set to struggle with the implementation of the government’s ambitious…

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The store with the old bread

This content was published on Mar 29, 2015

How will energy trading respond to climate change targets?

This content was published on Mar 29, 2015 Switzerland became the first country last month to announce how it would contribute to a global climate treaty that the United Nations hopes to clinch next December in Paris. It set targets of 50% reductions in carbon dioxide and other warming gases from 1990 levels by 2030, with 30% coming from within the country and…

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Wolves to be shot if they threaten livestock

This content was published on Mar 12, 2015 The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Senate’s measure on Thursday, sending the legislation to the cabinet to define just what constitutes a threat to livestock and to amend the hunting law accordingly. Wolves are protected in Switzerland under the Bern Convention, an international treaty for conserving wildlife. Until now, wolves could only be shot…

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