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The capacity of trees to carry out photosynthesis is reduced when temperatures climb above 30°C, according to a study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). In all species looked at for the study, researchers found that the uptake of CO2, by means of which the tree produces sugar from sunlight during photosynthesis,...
Three of the fatalities over the long weekend were the result of avalanches, while one ski tourer fell to his death, authorities have reported. Two ski tourers were caught out and killed on Sunday by an avalanche on the Pigne d’Arolla mountain in canton Valais, at an altitude of almost 3,800 metres. A third member of the group survived the accident...
Three of the fatalities over the long weekend were the result of avalanches, while one ski tourer fell to his death, authorities have reported. Two ski tourers were caught out and killed on Sunday by an avalanche on the Pigne d’Arolla mountain in canton Valais, at an altitude of almost 3,800 metres. A third member of the group survived the accident...
The right-wing Swiss People’s Party says it will launch two postulates calling for government clarifications about the protests and occupations in recent weeks. The first postulate calls for “an end to anti-Semitic ideas in public educational establishments in Switzerland”, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper reported at the weekend. The People’s Party believes...
A 36-year-old man from Ticino lost his life on Saturday in Val Malvaglia, in the north of canton Ticino, during a wingsuit jump. The accident, which took place shortly before midday, was confirmed to the Keystone-ATS press agency by a spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. Watch our video on the topic: +Should tandem BASE...
Former Green Party federal judge Brigitte Pfiffner has described the climate judgement of the European Court of Human Rights as "legally untenable". The court is making policy instead of interpreting the Convention on Human Rights, said Pfiffner. In the case of the climate seniors, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) barely addressed the central...
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