Dozens of ski resorts across the Alps have begun running their lifts after unprecedented levels of snow this month.
Some parts have had the most snow in November since 1956.
Last winter was a bad season for the multi-million pound ski industry and there were real fears that some resorts might go out of business due to a lack of snow.
But the ski industry is now breathing a collective sigh of relief as bookings are picking up for the all-important Christmas period.
2007-11-19 04:22:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
My brother just got back from a ski trip in Colorado. I'll be going in March. Lack of snow has not been a problem here. I go every year. The Denver airport roof collapsed from the weight of the snow, while I was there, a few years ago.
2007-11-19 04:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Larry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several years ago I worked with some of the NOAA IT people and we had discussions about Global Warming. The NOAA scientists were saying that one of the indications of climate change is unusual and out of the ordinary weather. It might be a droughts in normally wet areas, rain in deserts. Stronger and longer storms, deeper and longer cold or the reverse in the summer. The project that I was working on was global atmospheric modeling. The problem is that climate is long term and weather is what is going on today. So what you have to look at is what is happening over large areas over long terms not if it is raining or snowing today.
Which is to say that you may have an unusually dry year, then a wet one but what is the 10 year average? The other thing is that the worlds climate is a very complex mechanism and what happens in the cental Pacific may be affecting the Arctic and we have no way to know how to connect them.
As for the ski resorts getting the most November snow since 1956, what if they don't get any for the rest of the year?
or what happens if it all melts off by mid December?
2007-11-19 12:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by Wizard Of OS 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its more like a flip flop in seasons. These resorts were used to the snow in as early as October. We've all had weather that comes in a way for a day or two then it's back to a day that feels just like spring and even summer. So that snow may not be there long. Sudden changes like that in a season is not good at all. Plus Global Warming has impact in many ways other than just warming up the planet.
2007-11-19 12:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes- Global warming is responsible for snow and lack of snow, warmth and cold, hurricanes and no hurricanes, droughts and floods, sun shine and clouds. Everything can be blamed on global warming.
The last 10 years have been cooling. We haven't had a warmer year since 1998. This 10 year cooling span is because of, yes, "global warming" as well.
No reputable scientist claims that the temperatures are still increasing. NASA has the facts, the raw data of the climate temps. Here they are for your viewing -
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.D.txt
2007-11-19 12:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One year in one place means nothing. Much less one month. That's just local weather. This is global climate:
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A2.lrg.gif
No reputable scientific "skeptic" claims it's actually getting cooler.
2007-11-19 12:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋