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NEWS ABOUT: Alps

Alps stories: 11 news summaries

 Hadron Collider Hits New Snags 

CERN may run experiments through the winter to make up lost time

Jul 21, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider has hit more delays, ZDNet reports, with experiments using the machine unlikely to restart until at least mid-November due to the discovery of two vacuum leaks. The agency overseeing the 17-mile atom-smasher buried under the French-Swiss border may take the unorthodox step of running its “... More »

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Switzerland • Big Bang • experiments • Alps • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • God particle

(Newser) - A British skier who fell into a crevasse in the Swiss Alps was saved from plummeting 700 feet to his death when the BlackBerry in his breast pocket stopped his fall, the Telegraph reports. The extra width of the half-inch-thick gadget kept David Fitzherbert, 52, wedged firmly in place for... More »

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Switzerland • BlackBerry • Alps • ski accidents



 Nude Hikers Shock 
 Sleepy Swiss Town 

Deep in the Alps, a village encounters influx of naked visitors

Mar 17, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Appenzell is a remote, conservative town in the Swiss Alps; it has just 5,600 residents, makes famed cheese, and finally awarded women the right to vote in 1990. Yet in recent years, a growing number of Swiss and foreign visitors have taken to hiking through the mountains wearing nothing... More »

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nudity • Switzerland • hiking • Alps • public nudity • hikers

 'Twitter Rescue' Fails 
 Snowboarding 
 Music Man 

Twitter leads to two men missing in Alps whiteout, one dead

Mar 4, 09 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The first-ever "Twitter rescue" saved the life of a snowboarder in the Swiss Alps, but failed a 29-year-old British music entrepreneur whose body was found at the foot of a 66-foot cliff, reports the Daily Telegraph. Cheery "tweets" from a female companion noting "am having the best... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Switzerland • GPS • snowboarding • Alps • Twitter • tweet • Rob Williams

10 Places Already Feeling Global Warming's Heat

Hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast has taken the brunt of climate change so far

Dec 25, 08 2:54 PM CST
(Newser) - While some consider global warming a cautionary tale of things to come, its effects are already being felt all over the world, reports Scientific American. The worst-hit:
  • Darfur: The deserts have been crippled by a decades-long drought, and can no longer support farmers or their grazing herds.
... More »

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Darfur • politics • global warming • hurricane • Northwest Passage • Gulf Coast • Uganda • Alps • Great Barrier Reef

Alps Artifacts Offer Clues
to Climate Change

Ancient objects
emerge as Swiss
glacier melts

Sep 6, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Brutal Monk Beatings Shock Italy

Hooded attackers bound, gagged victims in Clockwork Orange-like attack

Aug 28, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(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... More »

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crime • Italy • monks • Alps • Father Sergio Baldin • A Clockwork Orange

Search Called Off for
8 Mont Blanc Climbers  

Rescuers call off search for Mont Blanc climbers lost in avalanche yesterday

Aug 25, 08 7:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Mont Blanc • avalanche • Alps • mountain climber

 Swiss Cow Fights Are No Bull 

Beefy battles are a big spectator sport in the Swiss Alps

Jun 7, 08 7:11 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Switzerland • cows • festival • animal • Alps

 Glacial Melt Hit Record in '06 

Study finds glaciers lost an average of 4.9 feet of ice

Mar 17, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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climate change • environment • United Nations • Europe • Pyrenees • glacier • ice melt • UN Environment Program • Alps • power generation • World Glacier Monitoring Service

Climbers Die in Blizzard in Alps

Rescuers criticize unprepared group that ignored warnings

Jul 26, 07 7:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Mont Blanc • Alps

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