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Rhone glacier faces rapid meltdown

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Scientists at the Federal Institutes of Technology in the two cities calculated the state of the glacier from 1874 to 2100 using various data and models. These included temperature, precipitation and glacial retreat. Taking into account the average climate change forecast, the temperature would be 3.8 degrees Celsius higher than in 1990, while rainfall would…

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Swiss live beyond their ecological means

This content was published on Oct 29, 2008 Switzerland came 19th in the Living Planet Report 2008, which said more than three-quarters of the world’s population live in countries whose consumption levels are outstripping environmental renewal. The United States and Australia rank among the five countries with the largest “footprint” or depletion rate per person, along with the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and…

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Sleeping munitions allowed to lie

This content was published on Oct 28, 2008 A study ordered by the ministry in 2004 found that clearing them up would cause more harm to the environment than leaving them where they are. Most of the items were dumped in the lakes of Thun and Brienz in the Bernese Oberland, and in two parts of Lake Lucerne. Experts found that the munitions…

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Sawdust slows rate of melting snow

This content was published on Oct 27, 2008 An experiment in the eastern resort of Davos found that a thick layer of sawdust reduced the rate of melting better than fleece, which is also used to conserve glaciers. “Both methods work, but the lower the snow level the greater the advantage of sawdust,” Hansueli Rhyner, the institute’s project leader, told swissinfo on Friday.…

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Swiss set to reach goals on greenhouse gas

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 By 2012 the country will have reduced its net emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and synthetic gasses by eight per cent compared with 1990 levels – a goal set when the treaty was ratified in 2003. In 1990 Switzerland had 52.8 million tonnes in net emissions. By 2012 the level should drop to…

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Forests need protection from climate change

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 The delegation, meeting to mark European Forest Week, told policymakers and experts that climate change was becoming a major challenge for foresters and that greater government action was needed. Environmentalists were gathering all this week at the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe to understand the value of forests and how to…

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Black swans spell trouble

This content was published on Oct 24, 2008 The swans were imported from Australia in the 1980s by a breeder who was allowed to keep them in a restricted area on Lake Thun, south-east of the capital, Bern. To prevent them spreading, gamekeepers pierce any eggs found outside the permitted area. Swiss law forbids the release of imported species into the wild. But…

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Map of building zones needs redrawing

This content was published on Oct 23, 2008 According to a report commissioned by the office, the amount of land available for new buildings is sufficient to provide homes for between 1.4 and 2.1 million extra people, which is more than the projected increase in population. However, much of this earmarked land is in rural areas, poorly served by public transport. The office…

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Green light for academic’s dream eco home

This content was published on Oct 23, 2008 The building, with four apartments, is the brainchild of Professor Hansjürg Leibundgut, chair of the Building Systems department at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The permission granted by the Zurich City Council will enable him to fulfil a long held dream. Leibundgut says that while carbon neutral houses already exist in Switzerland, this…

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