Climate change threatens Australia's snowy Alps

On the current trajectory, Australia's snow season – which normally lasts about 100 days, roughly between June and August – will be 44 days shorter by 2050, a recently revealed model found. — Photo: FiledIMAGE/ Getty Images, via ETX DailyUp

Climate change could make Australia's annual snow season more than a month shorter, placing a unique alpine ecosystem under threat, new research warned Wednesday.

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