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Toxic glacier melts
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Nov 05, 2009
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hydrological structure,
water quality,
natural standing waters / lakes,
ponds and lakes,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A new study has confirmed that melting glaciers release chemical substances that have long been banned and are not longer produced by industry. Researchers from Swiss education institutes took frozen sediment core samples from the Oberaar reservoir in the Grimsel area in Switzerland and used the layers to reconstruct the history of the lake back to when it was first established in 1953.
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Climate check-up for the Alps
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Nov 05, 2009
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
What sort of impact and side effects do climate response measures have? CIPRA's latest issue of AlpsInsight entitled In the Name of Climate Protection looks at how climate change issues are being addressed in the Alps and points the way towards sustainable action.
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Extremes of climate affect spread of tree species
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Nov 24, 2009
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
nature monitoring,
nature
In a recently published study scientists at the WSL (the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape) working with an international research team demonstrated for the first time that the disappearance of tree species in certain regions is due not just to the higher mean temperature but also to extremes of climate-related events.
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cc.alps to continue in 2010
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Dec 14, 2009
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change, climate policy
The cc.alps project continues in 2010 with a focus on more in-depth research and dissemination of the knowledge generated, above all by promoting specific projects at the municipal level, and also by organising and participating in international events.
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New content for www.cipra.org/cc.alps
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Dec 14, 2009
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change, climate policy
The cc.alps website now offers additional in-depth content in the form of Compacts. Regular updates and additions are planned. For each topic, CIPRA has drawn up a list of demands, which can be downloaded separately from its website at www.cipra.org/de/cc.alps/ergebnisse (de/fr/it/sl).
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The construction industry as a key to the problem of climate change
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Dec 14, 2009
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
environmental protection,
environment,
ecological building,
construction
The information provided through cc.alps is now available in the form of focussed background reports called Compacts, which can be downloaded from the CIPRA website at www.cipra.org/de/cc.alps/ergebnisse/compacts . The first three Compacts - on Energy, Nature Protection, and Construction and Refurbishment - address their subjects with reference to climate change in the Alpine context. The authors list and analyse activities relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation, assessing them for sustainability, explaining the conflicts of interest involved, and presenting examples of good practice.
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Warmest decade for at least 130 years
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Jan 12, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change past and future,
climate change, climate policy
The last ten years will go on record as by far the warmest in the alpine region since systematic records began. In Germany even the "cool" year 2004 with an average temperature of 9.0 degrees centigrade was well above the climatological mean for Germany, at 8.2 degrees.
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Global warming increases frequency and extent of flood catastrophes in the Alps
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Feb 03, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
natural hazards,
nature
In an article published in the magazine Geophysical Research Letters researchers at Italy's Politecnico University in Turin recently confirmed that more frequent and more extensive floods in mountain areas were one of the consequences of global warming.
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Publication: mountains and climate change
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zopemaster
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Feb 03, 2010
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Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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climate change past and future,
climate change, climate policy
The English-language Mountains and Climate Change was published recently and focused on mountains around the world and the effects of climate change. It documents the latest findings on climate change in the mountains of the world and its impact on water, glaciers, natural hazards, biodiversity, food security and migration.
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Conference searching solutions to adapt to climate change
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zopemaster
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Feb 08, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM
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nature conservation/support,
nature,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
biodiversity
The Berchtesgaden National Park and the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC) organised an international conference on ecological networks and climate change. The conference "Alpine Ecological Network: a response to climate change that will preserve biodiversity?" took place in Berchtesgaden, Germany, on 15th and 16th October 2009.
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