Diminishing amounts of snow a threat to ski resorts, alpine species
One in eight ski resorts worldwide could lack natural snow by the end of the century as quantities of snow diminish due to climate change, according to a German report released on Wednesday evening. "Climate change is significantly altering the patterns of natural snowfall, which has strong but varying consequences for ski resorts worldwide," said Veronika Mitterwallner, a researcher at the University of Bayreuth's Department of Sports Ecology. "In all major ski regions, a substantial decrease in the number of days with natural snow cover is expected under every emission scenario assessed," sa...