Man-made snow in many of Europe's ski resorts will worsen climate crisis

Europe’s ski resorts now do not have enough natural snow to sustain their businesses, and are forced to resort to use artificially-made snow. — UWE LEINN/dpa

Climate change will have immense consequences for European ski tourism, scientists are forecasting in new research warning that ski resorts are “highly vulnerable to snow scarcity, which is increasing due to climate change”.

With a global warming of 2°C above the pre-industrial level, there will be a “very high risk” of snow shortages for about half of the ski resorts in 28 European countries, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change in August.