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Switzerland's Gino Caviezel competes during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, January 6, 2018
FACING a long-time crisis in winter sports because of climate change, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) teamed up with the United Nations weather agency today.
The initial five-year partnership between FIS and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) aims to help national ski federations, venues and race organisers better understand weather forecasting to manage natural and artificial snow. An online meeting is set for November 7.
The Switzerland-based organisations said in a joint statement: “Winter sports and tourism face a bleak future because of climate change” and warmer temperatures.
Coal-fired stoves in traditional homes are the primary source of extreme levels of air pollution in over-crowded Ulaanbaatar. As more people become climate-displaced, the situation is likely to worsen, write SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
