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Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021 07:37 AM MYT The inventory of Swiss Glacial lakes showed that almost 1,200 new lakes have formed in formerly glaciated regions of the Swiss Alps since the end of the Little Ice Age around 1850. — AFP pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. GENEVA, July 20 — Climate change has dramatically altered the Swiss Alp landscape — at a quicker pace than expected — as melting glaciers have created more than 1,000 new lakes across in the mountains, a study published Monday showed. The inventory of Swiss Glacial lakes showed th...

Ice age climate was cooler than expected The Ice Age crew: chillier than previously thought. Tm & © 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Not For Sale Or Duplication. The average global temperature during the last ice age was some 8°C cooler than today – several degrees colder than previously thought, according to scientific research with Swiss participation published on Wednesday. This content was published on May 12, 2021 - 17:11 May 12, 2021 - 17:11 Keystone-SDA/dos The last ice age, when much of the northern hemisphere was covered in glaciers, ended around ...

Expanded Swiss research campus to concentrate on sustainable energy The new research campus will comprise 60 labs and offices focusing on sustainable energy research. Illustration: SAM Architects / Filippo Bolognese Images Two of Switzerland’s leading federal science and technology research institutes have started construction work on the major expansion of their campus near Zurich. This content was published on May 7, 2021 - 11:24 May 7, 2021 - 11:24 Simon Bradley Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and ...

More rare earth metals detected at Swiss wastewater plants The team carried out investigations into the presence of rare earth metals in sewage at 63 treatment plants across Switzerland. © Keystone / Christian Beutler Rare earth metals like cerium and gadolinium, which are used in industry and hospitals, are increasingly being detected at Swiss wastewater plants, new research shows. This content was published on March 11, 2021 - 15:19 March 11, 2021 - 15:19 Eawag/Keystone-SDA/sb For the first time scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) carried o...

New research shows that climate change risks altering the temperature, ice cover and mixing of many Swiss lakes, especially at medium altitudes.