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Paul Hockenos: This winter, more than ever, we’re skiing straight to hell

The paucity of snow across the European Alps, a phenomenon that has worsened distinctly since the early 1970s, is almost surely a consequence of global heating. Paradoxically, the ski industry and its patrons are contributing to the sport’s own demise.

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In Swiss Alps, some wonder what a future without snow may mean

An unusually warm winter has forced a rethink about climate change in areas with lower peaks as ski resorts and sporting events face an uncertain future.
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At least six die in glacier collapse in Italy’s Dolomites

The glacier has been shrinking for years, and recent high temperatures may have contributed to the collapse, a rescue service official said.
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The people who draw rocks

The Alps’ glaciers are melting, and these Swiss cartographers have work to do.
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Fires, landslides, lack of snow: The ski industry girds for battle

From firestorms in California’s Tahoe region to melting glaciers in the Alps, ski areas face a daunting array of environmental threats. Here’s what some resorts are doing.
As Earth warms, human history is melting away

As Earth warms, human history is melting away

Climate change is revealing long-frozen artifacts and animals to archaeologists. But the window for study is slender and shrinking.
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Melting glaciers have exposed frozen relics of World War I

Artifacts from the White War — a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps — are on their way to a museum.
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