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  • September 2008

    • Alps Artifacts Offer Clues to Climate Change

      AFP  |  1 hour, 2 minutes ago

      Alps Artifacts Offer Clues to Climate Change

      (Newser) - A melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has revealed hundreds of ancient artifacts, providing valuable information about both history and climate change through the ages, AFP reports. The area was walkable only during warm periods when the glacier receded. “The site itself is the most important find because we have this correlation between climate change and archaeological objects,” says a researcher. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • archaeology  • Switzerland  • glacier  • Alps  • artifacts

  • August 2008

    • Brutal Monk Beatings Shock Italy

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 1:16 PM CDT

      Brutal Monk Beatings Shock Italy

      (Newser) - A manhunt is under way to find the three hooded men who gagged, bound, and beat four Franciscan monks in an Italian monastery Tuesday night, the Times of London reports. Father Sergio Baldin, the monastery's 48-year-old guardian, was having dinner with three elderly monks when they were attacked. Baldin remains in a coma in a hospital near the northern city of Turin. More »

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      crime  • Italy  • monks  • Alps

    • Search Called Off for 8 Mont Blanc Climbers

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 25, 08 7:01 AM CDT

      Search Called Off for 8 Mont Blanc Climbers

      (Newser) - The search for eight mountaineers swept away by an avalanche yesterday on Mont-Blanc du Tacul in the French Alps has been called off because of hazardous conditions on the mountain, the Telegraph reports. The five Austrians and three Swiss nationalists are presumed dead. Ten other climbers, suffering from broken bones and hypothermia, were rescued. More »

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      avalanches  • Alps  • mountain climber  • Mont Blanc

  • June 2008

    • Swiss Cow Fights Are No Bull

      Der Spiegel  |  Jun 7, 08 7:11 AM CDT

      Swiss Cow Fights Are No Bull

      (Newser) - In Spain, the bulls do the fighting, but the boot is on the other hoof in the Swiss Alps, Der Spiegel reports. The tough local breed of alpine cows naturally battle among themselves to become queen of the herd, and for centuries, farmers have organized cow fight tournaments. Nowadays, the "Battle of the Queens" grand finale draws 50,000 spectators annually. More »

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      animal  • Switzerland  • cows  • festival  • Alps

  • March 2008

    • Glacial Melt Hit Record in '06

      BBC  |  Mar 17, 08 8:33 AM CDT

      Glacial Melt Hit Record in '06

      (Newser) - Glaciers shrank an alarming average of 4.9 feet in 2006, the UN Environment Program says—a dramatic difference from ice loss numbers in the ‘80s and ‘90s, when glaciers lost an average 11.8 inches a year. UNEP’s director pointed to "many canaries in the climate change coal mine," emphasizing that millions depend on glaciers for water, agriculture, and power generation, BBC News reports. More »

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      climate change  • United Nations  • environment  • Europe  • glacier  • ice melt  • Alps  • Pyrenees

  • July 2007

    • Climbers Die in Blizzard in Alps

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 26, 07 7:22 AM CDT

      Climbers Die in Blizzard in Alps

      (Newser) - After four climbers died in a sudden blizzard in the French Alps, safety officials expressed frustration yesterday, saying the group was unprepared for the conditions and ignored warnings of bad weather. A 30-year-old British man and three women in their 20s froze to death on Mont Blanc late Monday or early Tuesday after the storm stranded them, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Alps  • Mont Blanc

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