Europe

Withering On The Vine

Posted by Su Avasthi on February 21, 2007 - 9:12pm.

Brace yourselves, wine aficionados: Climate change could spell big problems for Italy's noble grape in the near future.



Mon Dieu! Summer Skiing in France Melts Away

Mon Dieu! Summer Skiing in France Melts AwayPosted by Philip Higgs on May 10, 2006 - 3:07pm.

Bad news for all you ski bums out there. Summer glacier skiing has been called off at the French resort of Alpe d'Huez - which, coincidentally, is French for "ratify Kyoto." The Alpe's Sarenne glacier has become unstable due to melting - a particularly worrying development, since the glacier sits at a relatively "safe" altitude of 9,000 feet. (A 2003 United Nations report on global warming warned that rising snow lines would make most low-lying European resorts disappear in the coming decades.)



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