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Swiss nuclear plant is off the grid for an indefinite period

Gösgen SO nuclear power plant is off the grid for an indefinite period

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 The operator must provide evidence of fallback in case of a possible overload in the feedwater pipework system.

Romandie thanks to warm weather points to olive trees, could overtake Ticino

Agribusiness

Swiss olive cultivation to get a boost thanks to warm weather

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 More and more farmers in French-speaking Switzerland see climate change as an opportunity for olive cultivation.

FOT wants night trains to Sweden from April 2026

Emissions reduction

Night trains from Switzerland to Sweden planned for 2026

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 A Basel-Copenhagen-Malmö night train service could be operational as early as April 2026.

Swiss researchers are active in designing next generation semiconductors

Swiss AI

Swiss chip industry fuelled by research, not cash windfalls

This content was published on Jul 15, 2025 Many countries are pouring billions into their semiconductor industries, but Swiss funds focus on research.

Spanish flu: virus genome deciphered a century later

Research frontiers

Swiss researchers sequence genome of 1918 Spanish flu virus

This content was published on Jul 14, 2025 Researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich (UZH) have sequenced the genome of the Spanish flu virus, thanks to a sample taken from an 18-year-old Swiss boy who died in the city on the Limmat in 1918, when the pandemic spread around the world.

FOEN Director warns of increasing climate risks in Switzerland

Climate adaptation

Environment director warns of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 13, 2025 The director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has warned of increasing climate-related risks in Switzerland in an interview with SonntagsBlick on Sunday.

Switzerland's highest campsite has to close

Climate adaptation

Switzerland’s highest campsite closes due to mudslide risks

This content was published on Jul 13, 2025 Valais authorities have ordered the closure of Switzerland's highest campsite in Arolla due to the risks of mudslides.

Study: Rhine could become up to 4.2 degrees warmer by 2100

Climate adaptation

Rhine could warm by 4°C by 2100, scientists warn

This content was published on Jul 12, 2025 The water temperature of the Rhine River could rise by up to 4.2° degrees Celsius by the end of the century due to the warming planet, scientists warn.

The Neurath lignite-fired power station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Emissions reduction

Climate misinformation is ‘muddying waters’ and delaying urgent action, experts warn

This content was published on Jul 11, 2025 The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are coordinating misinformation campaigns to obstruct efforts to tackle the climate crisis, according to a new review of climate misinformation.

Climate adaptation

Swiss fuel CO2 emissions fell in 2024

This content was published on Jul 10, 2025 CO2 emissions from fuels in Switzerland fell last year.

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