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Even high-elevation Himalayan glaciers are melting
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Jan 15, 2009
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology
Glacier studies by an international team led by Natalie Kehrwald of Ohio State University show that even high-elevation glaciers are suffering from the effect of climate change.
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Projects on transnational networking in the area of natural hazards
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Nov 20, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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natural hazards,
nature,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
climate change, climate policy
AdaptAlp, a recently launched EU project, looks at climate response measures and the evaluation of natural hazards. The work on strategies and proposed solutions aimed at coping with the impact of climate change is to provide the basis for more intensive international co-operation in natural hazard management.
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A scientific insight into mountain regions and cultures worldwide
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Nov 20, 2008
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climate change, climate policy
In the October issue of its IHDP Update magazine the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) looks at mountain regions worldwide.
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Is climate change drying up the Alps?
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Nov 20, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
water consumption, water supply,
research, science
The Alpine range will continue to fulfil its role as central Europe's water tower in the future. But not without restrictions, according to the forecasts of a current study by a group of 20 experts commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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€100,000 for exemplary climate protection in the Alps
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change, climate policy,
players / networks,
development/support measures
At a ceremony held in Bern/CH on 6 November, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) awarded prizes for outstanding climate protection to seven municipalities, businesses and organisations, the winners of its cc.alps competition held across the Alps. Weather expert Thomas Bucheli and CIPRA President Dominik Siegrist presented the prizes worth a total of €100,000.
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ECONNECT: Nature without limits
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Nov 06, 2008
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protected areas / sanctuaries,
nature conservation/support,
nature,
climate change, climate policy
The kick-off for the EU project "ECONNECT - Restoring the web of life" took place in Vienna/A on 4 and 5 November. Over the next three years sixteen partners and four observers from all the Alpine States will be working to implement an ecological network across state borders and the confines of protected areas.
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New hypothesis on deep erosion in high mountain regions
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zopemaster
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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erosion,
soil immissions and hazards,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate change, climate policy
Researchers in the south-east of the Tibetan plateau have found that the moraine dams created during glacier fluctuations have over the millennia helped to slow down the erosion effect of large rivers known as downcutting.
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Rhône Glacier to melt away by 2100
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Nov 06, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
research, science
Scientists at the Écoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne/CH and Zurich/CH have used complex computer simulations to predict that the Rhône Glacier in the Canton of Valais/CH will have disappeared by 2100.
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EU measures on climate change
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Sep 11, 2008
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climate change, climate policy,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
environmental education
When the time comes for the new European Commission to take office in 2009, it is possible that the EU will appoint a Commissioner for Climate Change, according to the environmental news service ENDS Europe Daily.
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Water resources under threat in the Himalayas
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Aug 28, 2008
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Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
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climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy,
glaciers,
geomorphology,
households,
water consumption, water supply
Climate change is threatening the water reserves of East Asia. An estimated 50 percent of the water from the Himalayas comes from glaciers, permafrost zones and the snowmelt.
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