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Warming climate signals big changes for ski areas, says University of Colorado study
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Rocky Mountain ski areas face dramatic changes this century as the climate warms, including best-case scenarios of shortened ski seasons and higher snowlines and worst-case scenarios of bare base areas and ...
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Ski tourism stresses European capercaillie
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Swiss, German and Austrian scientists said ski tourism might be harming capercaillie -- an old world grouse -- by affecting their ability to breed.
Skiers look at their back yard, not slopes
Dec 11, 2007 |
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A study suggested that U.S. skiers are less likely to head to the slopes if their backyards are snow-free, despite how much snow is reported at ski areas.
Ski tourism stressing capercaillie
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Ski tourism is raising stress levels among capercaillie, which could harm the birds’ fitness and ability to breed successfully, ecologists have found. Writing in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, resear ...
City dwellers look to backyards when deciding to head to slopes
Dec 05, 2007 |
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City dwellers are less likely to head to the slopes when their backyards are bare, even if New England ski resorts have many feet of packed power and ideal skiing conditions, according to new research from the University ...
Doctors: Defibrillators needed at resorts
Dec 15, 2006 |
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As more people hit the ski slopes defibrillators should be at ski resorts for cardiac emergencies, doctors said in the British Medical Journal.
El Nino Could Play A Role In Colorado's Winter Weather, Scientist Says
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- El Nino, a warming event of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns in the United States and elsewhere, has strengthened in recent months and already appears to have influenced Colorado's ...
Presence of safety measures affects people's trust in the safety of tourist destinations
Oct 02, 2008 |
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According to the asymmetry principle of trust, information on negative events decreases trust to a much higher extent than information on positive events increases trust. A new study in the journal Risk Analysis examined whethe ...
Apollo Chronicles: Jack Skis the Moon
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Now this is a ski report: Clear skies, no wind, sweet slopes and deep powder--not expected to melt for at least five billion years. Grab your poles and pack your bags. Just don't forget your spacesuit, becaus ...
Toxic legacy seeps from melting Alpine glaciers: study
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.
Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles in Sediments
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2007 |
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A University of Arkansas researcher and a team of international scientists have taken cores from the sediments of a Canadian Arctic lake and found an interglacial record indicating two ice-free periods that ...
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