Climate: towards a substantial reduction in snow cover by the end of the century, according to a study
Global warming, already underway, will cause a substantial reduction in snow cover in the world's seven main ski regions by the end of the century.
This is the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Bayreuth, in Germany, published this weekend.
Mountain resorts in the southern hemisphere will be even more severely affected, first and foremost the Australian Alps.
An old ski resort on Chacaltaya mountain, 5,421 meters above sea level, in the Bolivian Andes, in 2021. AFP - AIZAR RALDES
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Minus 78% of snow days in the Australian Alps;
minus 51% for the Southern Alps in
New Zealand
, and minus 43% in the Andes, Latin America, by 2070-2100.
Across the planet, in reality, the rise in global temperatures, due to human activities, will disrupt the economic model of ski resorts, real cash factories thanks to white gold.
And this, in the three carbon emissions scenarios studied by the researchers.
The closer the ski slopes are to the coast or in low or medium mountains, the more they will be affected.
For these German scientists, making artificial snow will not compensate.
And they warn of the harmful consequences of the strategies already put in place in the face of the lack of natural snow.
Working the slopes and the landscape even more degrades the soil.
Developing new ski resorts higher in the mountains, or on northern slopes, will go hand in hand with new infrastructure.
And all this poses a threat to nature, they write, and to high mountain species, which are already suffering from global warming.
Also read: The United Kingdom's greenhouse gas emissions fell by almost 6% in 2023
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