At current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, which would see Earth's surface warm nearly three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, 90 percent of Europe's ski resorts will eventually face critical shortages of natural ...
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Aug 29, 2023
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The first-ever national study to assess the impact of developing artificial snow shows the pressure the process is putting on the climate, with the equivalent of nearly 17,000 homes' worth of annual energy needed to produce ...
Environment
Jun 7, 2023
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On foot or by bike, visitors stream across the narrow path connecting the small island to the edge of Lake Garda, a symbol of the winter drought hitting northern Italy.
Environment
Feb 23, 2023
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New Englanders are used to cold temperatures, but a combination of extreme cold accompanied by powerful winds is downright dangerous, and enough to send even bundled-up skiers scampering indoors.
Environment
Feb 3, 2023
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An extreme winter heatwave meant countries across Europe experienced a record-breaking New Year's Day. New daily temperature records for the month of January were set in at least eight countries: Belarus, Czechia, Denmark, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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Many Alpine ski resorts have closed or partially shut because of the lack of snow and high temperatures as Europe has seen what experts have said is "extreme" warm winter weather.
Environment
Jan 10, 2023
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Skiing was introduced into the Alps comparatively late in the 1880s, with the first ski-lift being developed in the Swiss resort of Davos in the winter of 1934. The industrial revolution was two centuries old by that point, ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 31, 2022
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Santiago lies in the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, with a population around eight million, of which five million live in the city's urban area. Santiago is spread over ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 11, 2022
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They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests.
Environment
May 13, 2022
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Change can be hard, especially when it involves soaring summer temperatures, mega-droughts, invasive species and other items from the list of unpleasant outcomes of climate change. There are innumerable economic and social ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2022
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