This Winter, More Than Ever, We’re Skiing Straight to Hell
BERLIN — When I saw news photos of the bare slopes of the Alps’ storied ski resorts a few weeks ago, I felt relief. The green and brown mountains of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, where my family has skied at the…
Some European Nations See Warmest Start to the Year Ever Measured
In the coastal Spanish town of San Sebastián, residents swapped coats for T-shirts and headed to the beach for a swim. In Rome, tourists and locals strolled in the sunshine in light sweaters. And in low-lying areas of the Pyrenees,…
At Least Six Die in Glacier Collapse in Italy’s Dolomites
At least six people died and eight were injured after a chunk of a glacier collapsed in Italy’s Alps on Sunday, said Walter Milan, a spokesman for Italy’s National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps. A deluge of snow, ice and…
The People Who Draw Rocks
Surfacing The Alps’ glaciers are melting, and these Swiss cartographers have work to do. By Zoey Poll Photographs and Video by Lucia Buricelli Every few years, Switzerland’s national mapping agency dispatches one of its planes to scour every centimeter of…
Fires, Landslides, Lack of Snow: The Ski Industry Girds for Battle
The economic impacts are staggering. A 2018 report by researchers at the University of New Hampshire and Colorado State University for the advocacy group Protect Our Winters shows the five least-snowy winters between 2001 and 2016 cost the industry an…
Yes, the Climate Is Changing. No, It’s Not an Emergency | Opinion – Newsweek
The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks made by James Taylor during a Newsweek podcast debate on climate change. You can listen to the podcast here: For the vast majority of the time that human civilization has existed,…
Glacier Blood? Watermelon Snow? Whatever It’s Called, Snow Shouldn’t Be So Red.
Winter through spring, the French Alps are wrapped in austere white snow. But as spring turns to summer, the stoic slopes start to blush. Parts of the snow take on bright colors: deep red, rusty orange, lemonade pink. Locals call…
Melting Glaciers Have Exposed Frozen Relics of World War I
As glaciers melt and shrink in the Alps of Northern Italy, long-frozen relics of World War I have been emerging from the ice. They include cups, cans, letters, weapons and bones with the marrow sucked dry. They were found in…
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