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Hope fades for 70 Swiss tsunami victims

This content was published on Dec 31, 2004 On Friday, the ministry raised the number of Swiss confirmed dead in the disaster from 12 to 13. Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey told a news conference most of the 70 presumed dead had been in Thailand. The search continues for a further 700 Swiss still unaccounted for – 490 in Thailand, 100 in Sri Lanka…

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“People are counting on international aid”

This content was published on Dec 30, 2004 Ueli Salzmann is heading up a small team of Swiss aid workers, who have been based in and around the country’s coastal areas since the tsunamis struck on Sunday. Salzmann was sent to Sri Lanka as a member of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, which is coordinated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation…

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Glaciers disappearing faster than expected

This content was published on Nov 15, 2004 Satellite data analysed by Zurich University found that, overall, the melting of glaciers in Switzerland had accelerated over the past thirty years. These latest results surpass previous estimations of a loss of less than 30 per cent by the year 2025. The Zurich study shows that between 1985 and 2000, Swiss glaciers lost 18 per…

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Scientists sound alarm over biodiversity

This content was published on Oct 14, 2004 Scientists are now calling on the government to install a national strategy to help save the country’s wildlife. The report, entitled “Biodiversity in Switzerland”, was presented in Bern on Wednesday by the Swiss Biodiversity Forum – a body comprising researchers from around the country. It found that although Switzerland was home to one of the…

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Polar research comes in from the cold

This content was published on Oct 5, 2004 Polar experts hope the move, finalised on Monday, could pave the way for Switzerland to maintain a permanent presence at the South Pole. “It’s about time,” said Christian Schlüchter, a geologist who represents Switzerland at the SCAR. “Full membership is an important step, since Swiss scientists can now lead international research projects in Antarctica.” Admission…

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Endangered species at risk from market forces

This content was published on Sep 30, 2004 But the Swiss delegation has warned that significant progress is unlikely as long as the trade in threatened plants and animals remains so profitable. The signatory states to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meet every two to three years to vote on new additions to the list of protected…

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Heatwave prompts cool response from government

This content was published on Aug 16, 2004 A report published on Monday stated that there was no need for immediate action even though similar weather extremes could be expected in the future. The study, compiled by the Swiss environment agency and the Federal Office for Water and Geology, examined the consequences of last summer’s record temperatures. Météosuisse, a national weather service, contributed…

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Walking in the Alps is reinvented

This content was published on Aug 3, 2004 New trends mean that the most basic form of motion now involves much more than putting one leg in front of the other to get from A to B. Half of the Swiss population say they hike regularly, and nearly 30 per cent say they would like to do more. Yet the latest studies show…

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Switzerland’s rivers return to their old ways

This content was published on Jul 22, 2004 Today, some 100 projects are underway to reverse the mistakes of the past by restoring waterways to their normal meandering routes. Between 1870 and 1940, Swiss rivers and lakes were subjected to major dam-building and canalisation works. “In those days, most of the population still worked the land and water courses were rerouted and canalised…

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World will not freeze again for 15,000 years

This content was published on Jun 10, 2004 The findings are based on research conducted by drilling three kilometres below the surface of the ice in Antarctica. The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (Epica) has been testing the ice in a bid to trace the pattern of global climate change over a period of thousands of years. Epica scientists claim that…

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