Describe the year-round climate found in the majority of the country Switzerland

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Describe the year-round climate found in the majority of the country Switzerland. If there is a wide variety of climate types in one country, describe Zurich's climate. Be sure to include information about temperature, precipitation, and seasonal changes.

How has climate change impacted Switzerland? What is being done about it?

Does human use of these features create concern for the future of these features or the living organisms found within them? If so, explain how, and describe what is being done about it.

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1st part-The year round climatic conditions in Switzerland is moderate with medium heat,cold or humidity.Daytime Temperature are in the ranges: 18-280c (summer),-2 to 70c(winter),8 to 150c (spring and autumn).However the weather is varying due to the location,complex topography and influence by the Alps and the Atlantic ocean.Prevailing mild humid sea air currents in westerly and northwesterly directions ends up in summer.

In Zurich,july is the hottest month with average of 200c ,wettest is August (average 120mm rain) and coldest is january(00c).Also it is least sunny in Zurich during winter.

2nd part- The main climate change that impacted Switzerland is increased temperature or global warming.This has led to increase in melting of glaciers ,dry conditons in lowland locations,stronger fluctuation in outflow of rivers.This impacts the plant and bird's life and also the quality of drinking water.

Various researcher groups have already started working on the climate change impacts with different projects with so called 'CH2011' scenarios .Radical climate policy measures has to be taken otherwise almost 90% of glaciars will disappear by the next century.

3rd Part-The effect is that human drinking water quality will be deterioted ,and endangering the survival of spruce and beech ,and increase of pest due to increase in temperature.

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