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The Greater Aletsch Glacier, a journey into the melting heart of the Alps
LIGEFATE   21 March 2021   Switzerland   Swiss Alps  
Aerial view of the Greater Aletsch Glacier as seen from the Konkordiahütte September 2019 © Kevin Kok.
<p>In 1674, residents of Fiesch, a village in the Swiss canton of Valais at the feet of the Greater Aletsch Glacier &ndash; the largest in the European Alps &ndash; established a Catholic ritual to ask the heavens to stop this and the nearby Fiescher Glacier ...
Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps
CNN   20 February 2020   Switzerland  
Work on the Gotthard Base Tunnel was completed in 2016. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images
<p>(CNN) — Thousands of feet under the Swiss Alps, a new high-speed, high-capacity railway is close to completion.<br>At its heart is the world's longest railway tunnel -- the 35-mile-long (or 57-kilometer) Gotthard Base Tunnel.<br>Everything about this $11.3 ...
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Mourning a glacier
Particle Scitech   28 November 2019   Switzerland  
<p>They came dressed in black, giving sombre speeches as others lay wreaths and flowers.<br />But this funeral march wasn&rsquo;t for a person &ndash; it was for the Pizol glacier in eastern Switzerland.<br />Scientists say the alpine ice flow has lost over ...
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Eth Zurich invents technique for making an ultra-thin concrete roof
highways.today   26 October 2017   Switzerland   Zurich  
© Block Research Group, ETH Zürich / Michael Lyrenmann
<p>Researchers from ETH Zurich have built a prototype of an ultra-thin, curved concrete roof using innovative digital design and fabrication methods. The tested novel formwork system will be used in an actual construction project for the first time next year.</p> <p>A ...
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Second village evacuated in Swiss rockslide valley
SWI   01 September 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The latest landslide has also cut off electricity and road links (Keystone)
<p>Heavy overnight storms unleashed further landslides in the Val Badosca, forcing residents of a second village to evacuate in canton Graub&uuml;nden. Eight hikers are still missing, presumed dead, following a massive rockslide that fell on Bondo village, ...
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Experts warn Bondo landslide danger may not be over
SWI   28 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The mountain village of Bondo in the Val Badosca in canton Graubünden was hit by a huge rock and mudslide on August 23 that began high on the 3,369-metre Piz Cengalo mountain (Keystone)
<p>Geologists say the Piz Cengalo mountain on the Swiss-Italian border, which collapsed last week causing a huge landslide in the Swiss village of Bondo, remains unstable. The dangers are preventing locals from returning and are hindering the clean-up operation. ...
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Search continues for missing hikers after landslide
SWI   25 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
The landslide stopped just short of Bondo (Keystone)
<p>Rescue services resumed their search for eight missing hikers on Friday following a massive landslide in a remote valley in canton Graub&uuml;nden.<br />Rescuers are using a helicopter, dogs, thermal imaging and mobile phone location devices to look for ...
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Switzerland landslide: Eight people missing after rockfall near Italian border
The Independent   24 August 2017   Switzerland   Graubuenden  
A view of a landslide and the village Bondo in Graubuenden in southeast Switzerland EPA/GIAN EHRENZELLER
<p>Eight people are missing and several villages have been evacuated after a landslide in southeast Switzerland, police said.</p> <p>One hundred people were evacuated from Bondo yesterday.</p> <p>Rolling rocks reached the entrance of the village and police ...
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ITA tunnelling awards 2017 - The list of finalists disclosed
ITA - AITES   07 August 2017   Switzerland  
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<p>From 13th to 16th November the leading international specialists in Tunnelling industry will gather in Paris for the AFTES Congress and a special day on November 15th : a one-day event dedicated to the presentation of the finalists&rsquo; projects followed ...
World's longest rail tunnel begins regular service in Switzerland
The Guardian   12 December 2016   Switzerland   Europe  
A passenger train enters the south portal of the GBT on Sunday. Photograph: Samuel Golay/EPA
<p>Regular passenger trains start using the 35-mile Gotthard Base tunnel, which took 17 years to build.</p><p>Regular rail service through the world’s longest tunnel has begun, carrying passengers deep under the Swiss Alps from Zurich to Lugano.</p><p>The ...
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