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Originally Posted by IIIX
The point is that ski resorts have had troubles not just this autumn (which was the warmest recorded since there are accurate measures in Europe) but that since more than a decade, the average temperature has been very high and thus, the amount of snow was insufficient.
It is also thought that an increase in the average number of extreme climatological events is a sign of a global climate change.
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yes.
I doubt that the OECD would have been raising the issue if it were just a one off. IT is quite clearly a trend that has been continuing over a period of time - and it is not an isolated case. Incidents like this - ie - where local conditions are being affected by global warming - are happening all over the world.
In many instances they are beginning to have serious impacts on local economies, not only those which rely on toursit dollars, but also food production.
The impacts of this are real, and keeping our heads in the sand will mean the future will be MORE difficult, not less.