Tagged With "Swiss Alps"
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Re: Swiss wine-growers look for good news in climate change
"The NASA Earth Observatory notes three particularly cold intervals: one beginning about 1650, another about 1770, and the last in 1850, each separated by intervals of slight warming" Swiss Farms and Villages were destroyed by the advancing glaciers during the mini-ice ages. 1.6C is not a great recovery in 100 years.
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Re: Hole-y cow! Swiss cheese 3000 years old?
3,000 years old? ? Would that make it extra mature or vintage ?
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Skyscraper hotel planned for Swiss valley
A 100-suite luxury hotel, the same height as the Empire State Building, is planned for a tiny Swiss town of only 1000 residents. Room rates would run from just under $1000 a night to nearly $25,000 a night. It's aimed at (VERY) wealthy guests from the...
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Zermatt's Saint Bernards retire from pictures
Modern times have decimated traditional ways and images all over the world; this evening I was devastated to learn that the famous Saint Bernards whose image, with brandy keg, says "Alpine" whenever and wherever you see it, are no longer used in...
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August 16, 2017: Davos, Switzerland
For today's Pic of the Day, George G shares some scenes from beautiful Davos, Switzerland.
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Spring cleaning in Switzerland: when the snow melts...
Spring cleaning in the Swiss Alps is a little different from airing out the bedding and mopping the floors. When the snow melts in the spring, everything left behind over the winter comes to the surface in a sometimes disgusting display. Since...
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Talk about green! Endangered sheep keep Swiss tracks mowed
The Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) has hired a crew of 80 sheep to keep the railsides mowed in areas where machines can't reach. The sheep are of the Skudde variety, a domestic variety that almost disappeared in the 1970s. The sheep are moved from town...
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Swiss wine-growers look for good news in climate change
Swiss vineyards near Sion Photo: Valery Heritier / Wikimedia A Swiss federal agriculture expert says that climate change is “positive overall for Swiss wine growers because it guarantees better...
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Busy beaver blocks Swiss highway
Switzerland's A1 motorway, the main route connecting the country's east and west, was closed for several hours yesterday near Courgevaux in Fribourg Canton by a major landslide caused by a beaver. The rodent wasn't actually on the scene...
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"Swiss Siberia" hits 0° while Europe bakes
Most of Europe has been experiencing a heatwave so far this summer, with sustained temperatures in the high 90s(F, high 30s C), causing discomfort and health issues across the continent. And yet, one village in Switzerland closed out August by falling...
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Swiss court orders cows to be quiet at night
Well, actually, the owner has been ordered to keep the cows quiet by removing their bells at night. Neighbors in his small town in the Zurich-Oberland area complained that the 27 cows were keeping them from sleeping at night. The conflict has...
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Heat wave leads Swiss to cut bus/train fares
With temperatures still high and ozone pollution levels rising, Swiss authorities have moved to encourage weekend travelers to leave their cars at home by temporarily cutting train and bus fares. In Geneva, all forms of transit will continue at...
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World Class Shoe Museum In Small Swiss Town
Generations of Bally's collected shoes and they are on display in Schönenwerd, Switzerland. Bally is a 164-year-old fashion and leather goods brand best known for its shoes. The museum is in a 18th century manor...
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Even giant pumpkins feel the heat
Euope's hotter than usual summer took its toll on visitors, residents, tempers, zoo animals and even on gigantic pumpkins. This year;s winner of the annual Swiss pumpkin-growing competition weighed in at a mere 3/4 of a ton (750kg or 1653 lbs). ...
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Drones set to help deliver Swiss Mail
We knew it had to happen sometime. Drones are starting crowd the skies, serving their human masters and probably making our lives a little more convenient. Amazon.com plans on using them for quick deliveries close to their...
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Robots on the Road to deliver Swiss packages
The Swiss postal service is trying out rolling robots that can deliver parcels within about a 5km radius of home.
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Hole-y cow! Swiss cheese 3000 years old?
British archaeologists have found evidence that cheese-making in the high Alpine regions may date back to the Iron Age, 3000 years ago.
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Switzerland tries new buses with no drivers
If Google's self-driving cars seem a bit futuristic (even if one got pulled over by a cop for going too slow), consider this: starting next spring, Switzerland will actually put passengers on driverless buses for a two-year test. The buses will...
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Fountain of wine in Swiss capital
Bern, Switzerland's "boring" capital will add a little spice today with a fountain flowing with wine to celebrate its 1848 choice as the capital.
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Geneva's 'local currency' spreads its reach
Geneva's local currency, the léman, aims to keep spending local. It's now extended its range to nearby Lausanne.
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Re: Robots on the Road to deliver Swiss packages
I wonder if the robots have been trained to yodel?
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Re: World Class Shoe Museum In Small Swiss Town
What's neat to me is he brought jobs to that small Swiss town and created a production facility there, instead of a bigger city.
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Jensen-Olsen Arboretum, Juneau, Alaska
Beautiful Jensen-Olsen Arboretum was a gift to Juneau from Caroline Jensen, a long-time resident and master gardener. Samantha shares some pictures from her visit.