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Europe’s snowless ski resorts preview winter in a warming world

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Within the next seven to 17 years, skiing will become impossible “in the medium-altitude mountains, and the snow cover will inexorably decrease in the highest parts of the mountain ranges,” said Magali Reghezza-Zitt, a French geographer.

“This is more than ‘warming,’” said Fabrice Dumaine, 52, who was waxing a pair of skis in the rental shop he operates, near a vending machine that sells cheese for raclette, a traditional après-ski meal.Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.World Economic Forum President Borge Brende noted the economic headwinds hanging over this year’s event.

 

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