Dreaming of a white Christmas? It’s a dream ever more likely to be dashed in warming world


A footprint is seen in the snow at Wild Boar Fell near Kirkby Stephen in Britain on December 23, 2024. - Reuters

HONG KONG (AFP): A white Christmas may increasingly become a nostalgic memory as the northern hemisphere sees ever fewer snowy winter days because of climate change, with Europe warming quickest, a new report warns.

Driven primarily by humanity’s mass burning of fossil fuels, that decline in days below freezing threatens tourism, the economy and cultures, according Climate Central.

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