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Skiing calls on UN climate science to combat melting future

Oct 03, 2024 (AFP)

Ski resorts around the world are increasingly being forced to confront the realities of a warming climate, with stations suffering from a lack of snow and a sho...

One person dies in SAfrican snow traffic back-up

Sep 22, 2024 (AFP)

Cars, buses and trucks became stuck in heavy snow on Friday in the east of the country with the key N3 route linking Johannesburg and the east coast city of Dur...

S.Africa snowfall closes roads, strands motorists overnight

Sep 21, 2024 (AFP)

The key N3 highway linking Johannesburg and the east coast city of Durban was one of the worst affected and several portions were closed, with even detours impa...

Four Italian, Korean climbers found dead on Mont Blanc

Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)

The mountaineers had "died of exhaustion", the Haute-Savoie prefecture told AFP, adding that rescuers who finally reached the site found the two Koreans first, ...

WashU scientists uncover hidden source of snow melt: Dark brown carbon

Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)

But it was not yet understood just how different types of smoke particles contribute to these effects. In a study recently published in npj Climate and Atmosphe...

Skiing in a Madrid shopping centre when it's 34C outside

Aug 22, 2024 (AFP)

An icy breeze in the lobby and a polar bear at the entrance plunge these summer visitors into another world at the Xanadu shopping centre 20 kilometres (12 mile...

Austria pivots towards mountain bike tourism as Alps warm

Jul 15, 2024 (AFP)

Leogang-Saalbach is one of many Alpine resorts betting on warm weather activities, as rising temperatures and dwindling snow have pushed Austria to invest in al...

Low snow on the Himalayas threatens water security: study

Jun 17, 2024 (AFP)

Snowmelt is the source of about a quarter of the total water flow of 12 major river basins that originate high in the region, the report said. "This is a wake-u...

Volunteers Set New Records in Mountain Rain or Snow Project

Jun 06, 2024 (SPX)

Some volunteers stood out with significant contributions. Patrick Thorson submitted 676 observations. Nayoung Hur recorded data across the largest elevational r...

Climate change threatens Australia's snowy Alps

Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)

Modelling by scientists at the Australian National University showed even with mitigation efforts, snow in the country will become much rarer. Less than one per...

'Exceptional' late snowfall surprises Helsinki

Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)

Snowfall in late April or even in May is not unprecedented in the Nordic country. There is even a Finnish word, "takatalvi", to describe instances of sudden col...

Landslides injure 6 as southern China braces for 'once a century' floods

Apr 21, 2024 (AFP)

Torrential downpours across swathes of Guangdong province since Thursday have swollen rivers in the Pearl River Delta and triggered deluges in mountainous areas...

Three Dutch skiers die in Austria avalanche

Apr 11, 2024 (AFP)

The four were part of a 17-member group from the Netherlands on a ski touring excursion near the renowned resort of Soelden, together with four Austrian guides....

Three killed in avalanche at top Swiss ski resort: police

Apr 01, 2024 (AFP)

Video images on social media showed a wall of snow crossing an off-piste sector of the Riffelberg sector of Zermatt, one of the most luxury ski resorts in the A...

Ski resorts face unprecedented challenges amid climate change

Mar 19, 2024 (SPX)

By analyzing data from OpenStreetMap and the CHELSA climate database, the study provides projections for snow cover days in these areas across three future peri...

Four killed in avalanche in France's Auvergne region

Feb 25, 2024 (AFP)

The avalanche took place at 1,600 metres (5,250 feet) of altitude above the village of Mont-Dore in an area known as the Val d'Enfer, the prefecture of the Puy-...

China issues highest weather alert as temperatures plunge

Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)

Authorities renewed an orange alert -- the highest in the country's three-tier system -- warning that average temperatures could fall by six to 12 degrees Celsi...

Rescue teams reach remote site of Afghanistan landslide

Feb 20, 2024 (AFP)

Snowfall overnight Sunday caused rubble, earth and snow to rip through the village of Nakre in mountainous Nuristan province, killing at least 25 people. "There...

Six killed, 30 trapped in Afghanistan avalanche: provincial official

Feb 19, 2024 (AFP)

"It is still snowing. Rescue efforts are under way and the number of dead may increase," provincial head of information and culture Jamiullah Hashimi told AFP. ...

Travel chaos as US northeast hit by snowstorm

Feb 13, 2024 (AFP)

Airlines cancelled more than 1,220 flights, including 43 percent of flights at New York's domestic LaGuardia airport as well as one in five flights at the city'...