Newsletter Snow shortages are plaguing the West's mountains Some ski areas remain closed. But an even greater concern amid a changing climate is whether enough snow will fall to meet water needs for the summer.
Newsletter World Cup ski races are disrupted by lack of snow, climate change With less snow and faster melting, athletes see a future, and a planet, in peril.
Impacts Salt Lake City confronts a future without a lake Utah’s Great Salt Lake is disappearing as a “megadrought” persists across the Southwest, forcing the fast-growing city nearby to curb its water use.
Top Story Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the U.S. West? In the midst of an historic megadrought, states are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall. Research suggests that the decades-old approach can be effective, though questions remain about how much water it can wring from the sky.
Impacts Climate change could make skiing less diverse, more exclusive As the world warms, it gets more expensive to make artificial snow, and more costly to hit the slopes—effectively shutting many out of the sport.
Resilience The urgent efforts to save winter in the Alps The region's economy and culture revolve around winter. As climate warms there’s a scramble to preserve snow and ice.
Impacts As skiing faces climate change, athletes push to make sport sustainable ‘If we don’t start taking action now, then when are we going to?’
