Tag: Alps
Solar systems in the Alps: Will they save the energy transition?
Huge solar power plants in the Alps are the latest beacon of hope for the “energy transition” because they supply a comparatively large amount of winter electricity. But building on…
3D RealityMaps App: The Alps in 3D for Android & iOS
Hiking is the miller’s delight – at least that’s what an old children’s song from 1821 says. Even 200 years later, hiking is still very popular. Above all, thanks to…
Giant ichthyosaur discovered in the Alps
From around 250 million years ago, gigantic fish dinosaurs, the ichthyosaurs, swam through the Triassic oceans: some species exceeded the dimensions of today’s sperm whales with a length of 20…
Cycling / Tour of the Alps Lopez pockets the 4th stage in front of Pinot, Bardet approaches the green jersey
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) left the peloton 4 kilometers from the top in this 142 kilometer stage between Villabassa in Italy and Kals am Grossglockner in Austria, to come back…
More emergencies and accidents – 3680 mountain rescues in the Swiss Alps – new annual record – News
contents Last year there were more mountain rescues than ever before. Reason: Lots of snowfall in the first few months. In the Swiss mountains, 3,680 mountaineers got into distress, had…
List of 20 destinations for 2022: the wall of the Alps
Destination No. 17 in the “Le Monde” 2022 travel list. Straddling the Franco-Italian border, an imaginary line criss-crosses from fortress to fortress. And invites you to take a leap in…
The Geissens: You are selling your luxury chalet in the Alps
The Geissen family You are selling your luxury chalet in the Alps Robert and Carmen Geiss with their daughters Shania (left) and Davina during filming in Venice. © imago/wolf-sportfoto A…
Streaming tip on Sky: serial killer hunt in the Alps
With the second season of “The Passport” one of the best darkest crime series of recent years is back. And this time, too, an unequal investigative duo from Germany and…
Avalanche – train derailed in the Vaud Alps – News
An avalanche fell in the Vaud Alps on Wednesday afternoon and derailed a train. The rearmost car was buried by the snow masses. No people were injured. The avalanche fell…
Up to 65 centimeters of fresh snow – lots of fresh snow in the Alps – train connections interrupted – news
During the night on Tuesday it snowed heavily in the Alps – mostly on the Weissfluhjoch in Graubünden with 65 centimeters of fresh snow. Within 24 hours, 51 centimeters of…
Lots of fresh snow in the Alps
After a break of several weeks, winter is returning in Switzerland. Around 40 centimeters of fresh snow fell in the mountains on Tuesday night. Up to one and a half…
Why is plastic snowing in the Alps?
The high peaks of the Alps are now polluted with plastic. According to a joint study between Switzerland, Austria and the University of Utrecht, up to 3,000 tons of nonoplastics…