Avalanche!

Article Abstract:

The huge majority of the approximately one million avalanches rolling down slopes of snow-covered mountaints throughouth the world do little damage. However, in the Alps, which has dense human population, the incidents present a threeat to skies, property and the tourist trade. The Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos is striving to gain an understanding of avalanches.

Strategy & planning, Switzerland, Planning, Avalanches, Aims and objectives, Switzerland. Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research

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Ukraine deluged by protests over plans for Danube delta

Article Abstract:

Ukraine is coming under growing international pressure to halt the construction of a shipping canal through the ecologically sensitive Danube delta. Critics say the project will damage some important fish and wetland bird habitats, and increase erosion on the Black Sea coast.

Ukraine, Water transportation of freight, not elsewhere classified, Inland Water Freight Transportation, Canals, Design and construction, Habitat (Ecology), Habitats, Black Sea

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Chemists poke holes in ozone theory

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Scientists will have to reconsider the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer and confirm their understanding on the formation of ozone holes and their relation to climate change.

Environmental aspects, Ozone layer depletion, Chlorofluorocarbons, Chemical properties

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