Study of global heating finds snowfall in Victoria and New South Wales could decline much faster than in other alpine areas around the world
Australia could lose 78% of its snow cover by the end of the century, a new German study has found.Australia could lose 78% of its snow cover by the end of the century, a new German study has found.Global heating will cause snow cover in the Australian Alps to decline by 78% by the end of the century – much faster than the declines assessed in six other major skiing regions, new research has found.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup, Australian Alps, Japanese Alps, Southern Alps, and Rocky Mountains. For each it assessed the consequences of three climate change scenarios: “low” “high” and “very high” emissions. “Under a high emissions scenario, ski areas in the southern hemisphere … will be most severely affected by climate change,” the study reads.
The study anticipated technical and management strategies like artificial snow making “will presumably not be a sufficient compensation measure under a severe climate change scenario”, despite being widely used at present to alleviate snow scarcity.
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