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Swiss entrepreneur is drilling the Alps to make 20 mega-bunkers for the super-rich, offering a 99-year lease agreement with prices starting at 1M Swiss francs

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Swiss entrepreneur is drilling the Alps to make 20 mega-bunkers for the super-rich, offering a 99-year lease agreement with prices starting at 1M Swiss francs

Brünig Mega Safe, a company owned by Swiss entrepreneur Thomas Gasser, is drilling into the Alpine rocks to build 20 mega bunkers more than 100 metres underground, designed to safeguard the wealth of the super-rich. The project, being executed beneath the mountains of the Brunig Pass, near the village of Lungern, is led by the … Read more

Two Belgian climbers vanished in the Alps in 1992; melting ice has finally revealed their remains 34 years later

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Two Belgian climbers vanished in the Alps in 1992; melting ice has finally revealed their remains 34 years later

Two Belgian mountaineers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have finally been identified after their remains emerged from a retreating glacier 34 years later. The men, who were 39 and 41 when they vanished, had set out in the Weissmies region but never reached their planned destination. Despite searches at the time, only … Read more

Antarctica: Scientists have discovered nanoplastics, including tire wear particles, in Antarctic soil for the first time, raising concerns that microscopic plastic pollution can travel through the atmosphere to the most remote places on Earth

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Antarctica: Scientists have discovered nanoplastics, including tire wear particles, in Antarctic soil for the first time, raising concerns that microscopic plastic pollution can travel through the atmosphere to the most remote places on Earth

Nanoplastics found in Antarctic soil for first time, indicating long-distance atmospheric transport Scientists have detected nanoplastics in Antarctic soil for the first time. This provides new evidence that tiny plastic particles can travel through the atmosphere and reach some of the most remote places on Earth. But how is this possible?The study was published in … Read more