Australia's ski season is on a downhill slope, but new data shows there's an off-ramp
ABCEveryone on the Australian ski slopes loves to chat about the weather conditions, and it's getting harder to avoid climate change in those conversations. "So really dramatic impacts from climate change on what is already a kind of unreliable and variable snow area," Olsson explained. "From an alpine tourism perspective, ski resorts are already having to increase their snowmaking dramatically to deal with reduced snow depths and reduced natural snowfall." "It's no good having a dump of rainfall that normally would fall as snow, in a warmer climate, just falling as rain," Professor England said. "From grooming to snowmaking, Australian ski areas are some of the best in the world at snow management which is why skiers and snowboarders at Australian resorts are in general enjoying more days on the slopes, not less, compared with 40 years ago, despite the challenges of climate changes."
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