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Glaciers still shrinking

This content was published on Feb 7, 2008 The academy said on Thursday that three glaciers monitored by scientists lost ice mass. These mass measurements provide an immediate evaluation of the impact of climate conditions. Records show that the country’s glaciers suffered more on only three occasions: 1998, 2003 and 2006. In addition 88 other glaciers shrank. Only one become longer, while two…

New findings heat up climate debate

This content was published on Feb 1, 2008 Their findings, based on the examination of ice core samples from the Antarctic and Greenland, add force to last year’s conclusions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In a series of reports in 2007, the United Nations’ main climate body concluded that warming of the planet was unequivocal, sea levels were on the rise…

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Development aid focuses on climate change

This content was published on Jan 31, 2008 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) says that while overcoming the effects of global warming has been part and parcel of its mission for years, it is now more important than ever. “The relevance of climate change to development aid is obvious now,” Walter Fust, head of the SDC, said in Bern on…

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Endangered falcon named number one bird

This content was published on Jan 30, 2008 The Swiss Association for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife, said the kestrel – a type of a falcon – is threatened by food shortages and disappearing habitats. It is calling for financial support from the authorities to provide more places where the birds can nest. It says that new structures do not attract the birds…

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Nobel Prize winner slams climate efforts

This content was published on Jan 24, 2008 The Indian president of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gives swissinfo the full force of his opinions at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Last year the IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with co-recipient Al Gore, former vice-president of the United States. The WEF has returned once again to the…

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Alarm sounded for grasshoppers

This content was published on Jan 15, 2008 The species most affected are those living in floodplains, upland moors and swamps. Of the 105 types examined, 40 have been placed on the red list of endangered species. Three have already died out in Switzerland, and ten are on the verge of extinction. Species which were already seriously endangered at the time of the…

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Swiss keen to take on Naples rubbish

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 It may take up to five years before the Naples region, with a population of six million, will be in a position to manage its waste locally. If a deal is done with the Swiss, the cantons concerned and the federal authorities will have to grant approval before Italian rubbish can be transported for incineration.…

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Air pollution in 2007 lowest for years

This content was published on Jan 10, 2008 However this was not due to a reduction of harmful emissions but rather the combination of a wet summer and lower than usual levels of winter smog. “The concentration of ozone and dust particles haven’t been as low as they were in 2007 for five years,” said Rudolf Weber from the Federal Environment Office on…

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Concentrations of CO2

This content was published on Jan 4, 2008

Winds probably caused chairlift accident

This content was published on Jan 4, 2008 There is no evidence to suggest a technical defect in the Fallboden installation above the ski resort of Grindelwald, according to Joseph Zeder, who is leading an investigation into the accident. “We are working on the assumption that the wind was a factor,” he said on Friday. The three injured – a German woman and…

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