U.N. report sees disastrous warming effects on ski resorts

[HuckleB]

U.N. report sees disastrous warming effects on ski resorts

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4245558.html

Andrew Dampf, Associated Press

 

Published December 3, 2003
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TURIN, ITALY -- Global warming is threatening the world's ski resorts, with melting at lower altitudes forcing the sport to move higher and higher up mountains, according to a U.N. study released Tuesday.

Downhill skiing could disappear altogether at some resorts, while at others, a retreating snow line will cut off base villages from their ski runs as soon as 2030, warned the report by the U.N. Environment Program.

"Climate change is happening now. We can measure it," said Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the U.N. program. "This study shows that it is not just the developing world that will suffer."

The report focused on ski resorts in Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, the United States and Canada, using temperature forecasts produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of about 2,000 scientists.

The panel estimated that temperatures will rise by a range of 2.5 degrees to 10.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 unless dramatic action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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[Beetwasher]

1. The Human Race is Fucked

I'm not sure there's anything we can do at this point. Have fun while you're around. I'm considering not having kids because I don't want to subject them to the future....

[HEyHEY]

2. Can any other Canadians just see Whistler asking for aid

To help offset the lost revnue?

[HuckleB]

3. Mt. Hood Meadows will be right behind 'em, down here.

They're already trying to push higher on Mt. Hood, into an incredibly beautiful wilderness area on the one side of the mountain that's not rampant with ski lifts.