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Indoor ski venues closing in on the Alps
by zopemaster — published Mar 01, 2007 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: ,
It's not just in the desert state of Dubai that indoor ski runs are proving increasingly popular, but also in Europe. No snow means no revenue, and the mild weather is giving Europe's ski resorts a serious headache, one which the ski industry is hoping to relieve with artificial snow and indoor venues, regardless of global warming issues.
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Plans for a ski resort in the Natura 2000 region of northern Spain
by zopemaster — published Mar 01, 2007 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: ,
According to plans by the regional government of Castile-León a new winter sports resort with ski-lift capacities for 32,000 visitors an hour is to be built in the northern Spanish provinces of Cantabria, Leon and Palencia.
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1.5 tonnes of artificial fertilizer for skiing competitions?
by zopemaster — published Jan 18, 2007 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
The impact of climate change on skiing areas is the subject of the OECD study published on 13 December 2006. It concludes that if a region's average annual temperature increases by one degree, only around 500 of the 666 skiing areas in the Alps could be assured of snow.
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Management and Winter sport resorts
by zopemaster — published Jun 01, 2006 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:05 AM — filed under: , , ,
A new volume from the series "Journal of alpine research" was published in March. It deals with the management and governance of winter sport resorts.
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Skiers: a species on the verge of extinction?
by zopemaster — published Mar 23, 2006 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: , , , ,
A new study by WWF Italy shows that snowfall in the Italian Alps has decreased by 20% over the past thirty years and looks at the consequences. The tourism industry, which has been a cash cow for many alpine regions, has come to rely exclusively on artificial snow installations in many cases.
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Water consumption high despite dry spells
by zopemaster — published Jan 27, 2006 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: , , ,
(27.01.2006) According to data from Arpa Piemonte the Piedmont region/IT had only half the amount of its usual rainfall last year (430 mm). The consequences of this dry spell now include a lack of drinking water and low water levels in the region's lakes.
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Trading emissions to achieve "zero emissions" target at the Olympic Games
by zopemaster — published Jun 30, 2005 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , ,
Turin/I is aiming to maximise the reduction in the output of greenhouse gases during the forthcoming Winter Olympics with the aid of its HECTOR (Heritage Climate Torino) programme launched in 2004.
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Snowcats and man-made snow as a threat to plant diversity
by zopemaster — published May 04, 2005 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The number of plant species growing on mountain slopes used for ski trails in Switzerland is eleven percent lower than on adjoining sites. The reduction is especially striking in the case of woody and early flowering plants.
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Ski area for the Himalayas
by zopemaster — published Apr 21, 2005 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM — filed under: , , ,
The highest ski slopes in the northern hemisphere are shortly to be built in Gulmarg on the slopes of Mount Afarwat in the Indian part of Kashmir. With a budget of 2.5 million euros, a French company is planning to build ski lifts and a 2.5-kilometre-long ski run at an altitude of over 4500 meters above sea-level.
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Japan: Many skiing regions on verge of bankruptcy
by zopemaster — published Apr 07, 2005 — last modified Apr 24, 2024 02:59 PM — filed under: ,
Japan's winter resorts are in crisis. Since the boom years in the early 1990s the number of winter sports enthusiasts has dropped by more than a third. Even on weekends where snow is abundant many of the lifts remain closed. One ski resort in two is on the verge of bankruptcy. And yet in recent years only 4 out of a total of 722 ski areas have closed down; this is because Japanese legislation requires that, in the event of closure, operators dismantle the lift facilities and restore the ski slopes.
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