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Mercury, ozone levels and forest fire risk all high

This content was published on Jul 27, 2013 The highest ever recorded temperature in Switzerland was during the “summer of the century” in 2003 when it reached 41.5 degrees in Grono, canton Graubünden. On Saturday the Federal Office for the Environment said there was a “considerable risk” of forest fires in cantons Aargau, Bern, Jura, St Gallen and Solothurn. In addition, ozone levels…

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Aftershocks follow quake in St Gallen

This content was published on Jul 22, 2013 “The damage reported ranged from a toppled vase to a crack in a façade,” according to Roman Kohler, media spokesperson for the city of St Gallen. The future of the project is uncertain. A crisis team was called in to stabilise the drilling hole, with further material being pumped into the fissures 4,500 metres below…

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Geothermal drilling leads to minor quake

This content was published on Jul 20, 2013 The epicentre of the magnitude 3.6 quake was registered at a depth of four kilometres. The shaking is directly related to test measurements and simulations for the drilling of geothermal power plant project in St. Gallen, according to the Swiss Seismological Service (SED), based at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. The project, which was put on hold following…

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Floodwaters begin to ease

This content was published on Jun 2, 2013 Meteorologists are predicting the recent strong rainfall will ease in the coming days. Although Switzerland has been spared a major catastrophe – in Germany, at least four people have died or are missing – the situation remains serious in many towns, with various houses, prisons, youth hostels and camp sites being evacuated.

Solar Impulse takes off on the first leg of its American trip

This content was published on May 6, 2013 Solar Impulse, considered the world’s most advanced solar-powered plane, will stop for seven to 10 days at major airports in each city, so the pilots can display and discuss the aircraft with reporters, students, engineers and aviation fans. It plans to reach New York’s Kennedy Airport in early July — without using a drop of…

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Solar Impulse makes a material difference

This content was published on May 6, 2013 Work is under way on cutting-edge materials for the next version of the solar-powered aircraft.

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Fresh fish and veg farmed on a Basel rooftop

This content was published on Apr 11, 2013 A train driver uncouples a railway wagon then gives a blast of his horn as he slowly pulls out of the Dreispitz depot. Up on the goods yard roof, hidden behind bright orange freight containers, three young farmer-entrepreneurs are also getting their hands dirty planting seeds and feeding fish in their 250-metre-square greenhouse, located in…

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Swiss bid to supply missing gas link to Europe

This content was published on Feb 19, 2013 Four consortia were originally competing on this project. Two of them were eliminated last year. The showdown is now between Nabucco Gas Pipeline – formed by four European firms and one Turkish company – and its rival Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) – promoted mainly by the Swiss company Axpo and the Norwegian Statoil. The winner,…

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Snowmen alarmed by springlike temperatures

This content was published on Dec 24, 2012 The mercury already hit 17.3 degrees in Basel in the morning and eventually reached a record 20.2 degrees in Reigoldswil, canton Basel Country. The previous Christmas Eve temperature record was 17.8 degrees, set in 2009 in the Rhein valley in canton St Gallen. Monday’s temperatures made it the warmest Christmas Eve in Switzerland overall since…

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