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 snow, researchers said Monday.
Even if the world caps global heating at the Paris climate treaty target of 1.
Even where artificial snow can be produced cheaply enough to keep a resort open and turn a profit, however, it also contributes to a vicious circle by increasing global warming due to its energy demands, the study showed.are in Europe, where they generate about $30 billion per year and play a key role in sustaining local economies.
The study looked at how resorts across Europe—from the British Isles to Turkey, and from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean basin—would be affected by different levels of global heating: 1.5C, 2C, 3C and 4C.From the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, ski resorts—especially those at or below 1,500 meters —already experience foreshortening skiing seasons and declining ski conditions, with snow sometimes replaced by rain.
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