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Into the microscopic

This content was published on May 28, 2008 Molecular biologist, photographer and artist Martin Oeggerli opens up new perspectives on the lives of the tiniest lifeforms. Using a scanning electron microscope, he takes for example images of pollen and bacteria before painstakingly colouring them electronically.

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Annan hands Energy Globe Award to Helvetas

This content was published on May 27, 2008 Helvetas – the Swiss Association for International Cooperation – was presented the award in the category “Water” by the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, at a ceremony in Brussels. Water supply in Mozambique is inadequate in many locations, and less than half the population has access to clean drinking water. The goal of the…

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Snowmen dying out in town gardens

This content was published on May 22, 2008 Since 1988 the number of “snow days” in the plateau has gone down by over half, according to a study published in the science magazine Geophysical Research Letters on Wednesday. Some of the lowest-lying towns have had fewer than ten days of snow in the months between December and March in the past 20 years.…

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Switzerland takes on the sea

This content was published on May 19, 2008 The cabinet called on parliament to approve the international agreement which dates back to 1982. Switzerland is one of the few industrialised countries not to have ratified it. “Switzerland, as a land-locked country, has waited to ratify it until a large proportion of important industrial states had joined the convention,” says foreign ministry spokesman Lars…

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Nations “must do more” to stop species loss

This content was published on May 19, 2008 United Nations experts have warned that human activity, including global warming, threatens to cause the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. Around 4,000 participants, including Swiss Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger, will try to agree ways of slowing the biodiversity decline rate at the two-week United Nations Convention on…

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Shining the spotlight on solar power

This content was published on May 17, 2008 But its uptake in the country is still relatively low. Solar Days, held across Switzerland, is aiming to raise awareness of this alternative source of power. Solar Days, held on Friday and Saturday, is made up of more than 160 events, such as house open days. “People can go along and talk to the owner…

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Appeal launched to avert Myanmar catastrophe

This content was published on May 16, 2008 The Swiss-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announced the appeal on Friday, saying the country faced a “humanitarian catastrophe of staggering proportions”. Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on May 2, killing at least 78,000 people according to Myanmar government officials. The Red Cross estimates that up to two million have been…

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CO2 concentrations at 800,000-year high

This content was published on May 15, 2008 A series of studies published in the Nature journal by Bern University professor Thomas Stocker and his colleagues show that CO2 levels are for example currently 28 per cent higher than at any other time over that period. “We can firmly say that today’s concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane are 28 and 124 percent…

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