Low and medium altitude ski resorts are suffering from a lack of snow and many of them have had to close, with the consequent negative economic impact.
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Switzerland registers a very unusual absence of snow in the Alps, a situation that no one can fail to associate with climate change and that this year-end will become more obvious given that the forecasts announce spring temperatures this weekend, with 12 degrees at 1500 meters high.
In cities like Basel or Genevathe thermometer will rise to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius this New Year’s weekend, after which temperatures are forecast to drop, although temperatures remain above the norm in the first week of January, with a low probability of precipitation.
In the Swiss region of the prealpsbetween 1,000 and 1,500 meters above sea level, is experiencing a period that, according to long-term statistics, is among the least snowy, he told the newspaper La Tribune de Geneve the expert from the Davos Institute for the Study of Snow and Avalanches, Christopher Marty.
A track with artificial snow in Switzerland. Photo: EFE
Because of this, low and medium altitude ski resorts are suffering from a lack of snow and many of them they have had to closewith the consequent negative economic impact in one of the most frequented periods of the year for winter facilities.
The ski resorts that have equipment for the artificial snow They have been able to continue operating, but even this option requires specific weather conditions, in principle that there is not too much heat or humidity. In addition, the use of artificial snow requires large volumes of water that the seasons must pay.
Shortage of snow in the Swiss Alps. Photo: EFE
“They have only registered three or four winters with less snow than now, and they didn’t happen that long ago, in all cases in the last ten years,” according to Marty.
Another disturbing fact is that the isotherm 0 -the zone or altitude with zero degrees Celsius and above which temperatures are negative and precipitation takes the form of snow- has risen 250 meters in the last half century. 50 years ago, the 0 isotherm was located at around 600 meters.
Source: Eitb
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