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Swiss Army ends clean-up operation in storm-hit Maggia Valley

This content was published on Sep 16, 2024 The Swiss Armed Forces completed 76 flight hours during the clean-up operation following the storm in the Maggia Valley in Ticino at the end of June.

Flooding on the Danube canal in Vienna, Austria

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Swiss cruise ship stranded on Danube River after heavy rains

This content was published on Sep 16, 2024 Passengers on a Swiss river-cruise ship stranded on the Danube following heavy rainfall are still unable to disembark in Vienna due to flooding.

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Cold front leads to record-low temperatures in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 14, 2024 Friday's cold front caused record temperatures and closed mountain passes. The snow line was between 1,200 and 1,500m on Saturday, MeteoSwiss reported.

Answers are needed for groundwater problems

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Groundwater tipped to give politicians greater headaches in future

This content was published on Sep 12, 2024 Groundwater is the most important reservoir of drinking water.

Artificial intelligence is expected to have a big impact on people's lives.

How intelligent are safeguards against AI abuse?

This content was published on Sep 10, 2024 Switzerland supports the Council of Europe AI Convention but has yet to sign.

Devastating storms in cantons Ticino and Valais in June and July caused flooding, buried villages and several fatalities.

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Valais storm damage estimated at CHF125 million

This content was published on Sep 5, 2024 The storms in June and July caused damages estimated at CHF125 million ($147 million) for canton Valais in southern Switzerland.

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ECHR ruling: research group highlights Swiss climate shortcomings

This content was published on Sep 3, 2024 In the landmark Strasbourg climate case, the Swiss government argues that national climate policy is adequate. But an independent climate research group questions whether Switzerland is actually on track.

Alpine permafrost is present above an altitude of 2,500 metres and stabilises geologically unstable slopes. Pictured: the Schreckhorn, a Swiss mountain in the Bernese Alps.

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Breakthrough Swiss research decodes thawing permafrost

This content was published on Sep 2, 2024 For the first time a research team in Switzerland has measured how much of the Alpine permafrost has thawed. This helps scientists understand how climate change is affecting mountains’ permanently frozen ground.

a man lying next to a fountain In the city of Bucharest, Romania, temperatures reached 42 °C this summer. The cisy was hit by a heatwave

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Climate solution for the future: How to keep cities cool during heatwaves?

This content was published on Aug 29, 2024 How can hot summers be made more tolerable for city-dwellers? SWI swissinfo.ch asked an expert at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

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Swiss government rebuffs ECHR climate ruling: next stop Strasbourg

This content was published on Aug 28, 2024 Five months after human rights judges took Switzerland to task, the government has hit back – Swiss policies are not inadequate, it says.

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