Portal:Alps/Current News

21.8.2023 Freezing level at record-breaking height of 5,300 metres above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe. (Source: The Guardian)

6.1.2023 Elite Swiss ski resort flies snow to the slopes after country experiences mild winter with temperatures of 20 degree Celsius (Source: The Telegraph)

28.7.2022 Climbers and guides adapt to changing climate and landscape in the Alps (Source:UKClimbing.com)

25.7.2022 Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits. (Source:The Guardian)

3.6.2022 Global heating is turning white Alps green, study finds. (Source:The Guardian)

28.4.2022 Largest-ever marine reptile tooth discovered in the Swiss Alps. (Source:Swissinfo.ch)

25.1.2022 Plastic snowfall in the Alps. (Source:Phys.org)

8.12.2021 A climber found a trove of gems in the Alps amid a 47-year-old plane wreck of Air India Flight 101. He gets to keep half. (Source:Washington Post)

15.6.2021 Researchers studying pink snow in the Alps describe phenomena as ‘marker of climate change’. (Source:iNews)

6.5.2021 Melting ice reveals first world war relics in Italian Alps - the so-called White War. (Source:The Guardian)

16.4.2021 Ice on the Alps’s highest peak (Mont Blanc) details a rise in the pollutant, bromine. (Source:Nature)

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4.8.2020 The entire family of climber Leo Houlding achieves a summit 'first' on Piz Badile. (Source:BBC News)

20.7.2020 A replacement bivouac shelter is helicoptered into a precarious position on Les Périades in the Mont Blanc massif. (Source: France3)

6.6.2020 Coronavirus: Swiss Alps yearn for the sound of tourists. (Source: BBC News)

6.11.2019 Hunters of rare Swiss ibex stir Alps wildlife row. (Source: BBC News)

9.8.2019 Glaciers of Italy to disappear as climate change heats up the Alps. (Source: The Times)

2.8.2019 Bearded vultures soar again in Alps after breeding scheme. (Source: The Guardian)

16.7.2019 Lake discovered 11,000ft high in the Alps (below the Dent du Geant) in 'truly alarming' sign of climate change. (Source: The Independent)

12.7.2019 Alpine huts take drastic action to ensure the bed bugs don't bite. (Source: The Guardian )

26.2.2019 Mountain cable car to be built between Switzerland and Italy. (Source: swissinfo.ch)

9.11.2018 Ben Tibbetts becomes second Briton to summit all 4,000m UIAA Alpine peaks. (Source: thebmc.co.uk)

15.8.2018 Wreckage of a US military plane that crashed on a glacier in 1946 is to be cleared from the Swiss Alps. (Source: Swissinfo.ch)

15.6.2018 Ultra runner Daniel Jung blazes a trail in 200-kilometer Tyrolean trail challenge. (Source: CNN.com)

3.5.2018 Austrian priest to undertake epic pilgrimage across the Alps. (Source: Catholic Herald)

2.4.2018 Snow depths in the Alps hit 7 metres for the first time in many years. (Source: InTheSnow.com)

5.1.2018 'Bone eaters' are back: Europe's largest vultures return to French Alps. (Source: The Local fr)

25.10.2017 Transfrontier Conference announces intention to begin nomination of the Mont Blanc massif as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Source: Espace Mont Blanc)

19.4.2017 Belgian man lands prize role of hermit in Austrian Alps. (Source: BBC News)

6.4.2017 Weddings to be held for first time in Europe's highest mountain refuge, the Margherita Hut. The Telegraph

10.1.2017 Switzerland just had the worst month for skiing in 100 years Bloomberg.com

22.12.2016 Julian Alps Ecoregion becomes Europe’s first transboundary park awarded with the European Charter for sustainable tourism certificate. Alparc

2.12.2016 European Alps Uplift Explained By Thawing Of Ice Age Glaciers. Forbes

5.4.2016 Scientist says he has uncovered evidence revealing Hannibal's route across the Alps by analysing a trail of fossilised dung found near the Col de la Traversette. Daily Telegraph

2.3.2016 Google StreetView reaches new heights, and has just put amazing images of the Mont Blanc massif online. Explore them here

2.3.2016 Google StreetView reaches new heights, and has just put amazing images of the Mont Blanc massif online. Explore them here

4.2.2016 A new exhibition at the Musee Alpin in Chamonix showcases the heritage of the group of British climbers who made their way to the summits of some of Europe's most fearsome peaks. www.telegraph.co.uk

14.1.2016 More French Legal Action Against British Ski Instructors in The Alps. InTheSnow.com

8.1.2016 Army bunkers buried in the Swiss Alps are given a new lease of life after being turned into a hotel, museum and a cheese factory. DailyMail.co.uk

9.12.2015 Iceman Otzi proven to have the world’s oldest tattoo. Smithsonian Science News

10.11.2015 Sallanches Hospital near Mont Blanc announces major new department to research and treat mountain-related accidents and illnesses. chamonet.com

19.10.2015 One of Europe’s mighty rivers of ice — the Aletsch Glacier — could almost vanish in the lifetime of someone born today. washingtonpost.com

24.6.2015 Dutch climber attempting 82-peak Alps challenge dies near Mont Blanc in fall on Aiguille de Rochefort guardian.com

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