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Climate change impacts biodiversity
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Jan 18, 2007
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For a number of years now, biodiversity in Alpine ecosystems has been declining under the effect of climate change.
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Database on experts in mountain area research
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Dec 14, 2006
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The Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) has gone online with an expert database comprising almost 5,000 entries on people in governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as private groups who are involved in research into mountain regions in general and the impact of climate change in particular.
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Ice-free Alps just a matter of decades?
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Jul 27, 2006
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climate change, climate policy
A new study by the Glaciology and Geomorphodynamics Research Group led by glaciologist Michael Zemp of the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich/CH provides real figures on the past, present and potential future glacier cover in the Alps.
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Wengen Workshop 2006 on global climate change
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Jun 14, 2006
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An international workshop on global climate change research will take place also this year on 4 - 6 October in Wengen/CH.
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Resolution: Climate Protection and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
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May 18, 2006
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Jul 07, 2021 01:14 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
The Alpine region is particularly affected by global climate changes, many of which are the result of man’s impact. The Alps are a particularly sensitive region and are affected all the more by the forecast changes such as the rise in annual average temperatures, the increase in extreme meteorological events, summer droughts and melting glaciers. It is CIPRA’s view that climate change represents one of the 21st century’s greatest challenges. Given the above it calls upon the European Union, the bodies of the Alpine Convention, all the Alpine states, the federal provinces, regions and cantons as well as all governmental and non-governmental authorities .. to intensify their climate protection efforts in order to reduce the greenhouse effect; .. to draw up sustainable strategies for dealing with the growing repercussions of climate change.
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Two new publications on the subject of climate change
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zopemaster
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Feb 23, 2006
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
The Mountain Research Initiative has published two new English publications on the subject of climate change.
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Alpine summit flora undergoing rapid change
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zopemaster
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Nov 03, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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biology,
ecology,
nature monitoring,
nature,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
As part of their study on the "Influence of Climate Change on Succession Processes and Population Dynamics of Vegetation in Alpine Environments" research teams at the universities of Hanover/D and Zurich/CH have concluded that the rate of change in the floristic composition of vegetation in the Swiss Alps is increasing all the time. According to the experts this trend is consistent with global climate change.
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MIREN: a new network looks at invasive plants in mountain regions
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Sep 22, 2005
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MIREN (Mountain Invasion Research Network) is a new global research network that was founded this summer as part of a workshop in Vienna/A. It focuses on the problem of invasive plants in mountain regions, particularly from the aspect of global change.
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Decrease in water runoff from the Swiss Alps
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zopemaster
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Aug 25, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM
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water cycle,
hydropower,
renewable energy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A new study analyses the impact of a potential climate change on hydrological discharge regimes from the Swiss Alpine region for the period between 2020 and 2050. Eleven catchment areas with different glaciation rates and altitude ranges were examined.
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Insufficient snowfall a cause of recessive glaciers
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Jun 16, 2005
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Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Lower winter precipitation has been one of the causes, along with global warming, behind melting glaciers over the past 150 years. These are the main findings of a study by researchers at the Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de Grenoble/F and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich/CH, published in the Geophysical Research Letters.
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