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En 2018, la Suisse a essuyé une nouvelle fois un été exceptionnellement chaud. Avec une température moyenne de 15,3 °C pour les mois de juin, de juillet et d’août, ce fut le troisième été le plus chaud depuis le début des mesures en 1864, après ceux de

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SLF researchers are conducting field trials with an industrial partner to optimise the effectiveness of rockfall nets.
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
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As Switzerland’s glaciers melt, dangerous rockfalls become more likely and towns are forced to live under an existential threat.
Guardian, the (UK)
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Ein Testversuch der SBB, Bahnschienen weiss anzustreichen um dessen Verbiegung bei Hitze vorzubeugen, ist erfolgreich verlaufen.
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
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Switzerland’s contemporary threat and risk landscape has changed in recent years. Indeed, the risks that now draw the attention of experts and policymakers now include cyber-attacks, pandemics, terrorist attacks and blackouts. But which risks do the Swiss

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The new permafrost and ground ice map (PGIM) developed by SLF helps evaluate local and regional permafrost distribution.
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The Swiss Rhaetian Railway is implementing an Italian method of painting train tracks white to decrease the distorting effects of heat on metal.
swissinfo.ch - International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
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New research warns that a nuclear accident in Switzerland could kill over 30,000 people and affect up to 24 million people in Europe.
swissinfo.ch - International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

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