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30 Aug
Environment, Glaciers & Climate

The Summer Skier

  • August 30, 2025
  • By timAdmin
The Golden Age of Summer Skiing in the Alps (1970s–1980s) The mornings in Chamonix in July used to hold a particular magic. The air carried a scent of warm stone and wildflowers, but high above, the glaciers gleamed in the...

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Swisstopo Rapid Mapping May Blatten
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30 Aug
Environment, Glaciers & Climate

Alpine Heatwave and the Blatten Wake-Up Call

  • August 30, 2025
  • By timAdmin
It is indeed alarming: on 28 June 2025, the zero‑degree isotherm in the Alps jumped to an unprecedented 5,136 m, higher than Mont Blanc’s summit—a level never seen in June since observations began in 1954, and shattering previous records by hundreds...

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17 Jul
Environment, Glaciers & Climate

On the Edge of Ice: Outdoor Sports in the Shadow of Glacier Retreat

  • July 29, 2025
  • By timAdmin
Not to sound nostalgic, but standing on the Eggishorn ridge above the Aletsch Glacier, it’s impossible not to feel it: a landscape in retreat, a witness to climate unraveling. For decades, this glacier—the largest in the Alps—has lured hikers,...

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