Posted on 02/05/2026 6:04:35 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Hosting the Winter Olympics will be more challenging in the future as global warming impacts host cities traditionally known for climates suitable for competitions such as skiing and snowboarding, according to climate scientists.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are about to kick off, but the Milano Cortina Games will take place in a much warmer world than in years past.
Average temperatures in Cortina, Italy, have risen by 6.4 degrees Fahrenheit since the region first hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956, according to a recent analysis by Climate Central. The warming trends have led to fewer freezing days and a shortage of naturally made snow.
"The number of freezing days, which is what you need to have snow, has dropped by almost 20%," Marcene Mitchell, senior vice president for climate change for the World Wildlife Fund, told ABC News.
As a result, event organizers were required to ship in 3 million cubic yards of artificial snow, despite the games taking place in the high altitudes of the Italian Alps.
The artificial snow is not as safe, Mitchell said, explaining that it's "icier" and a "riskier" surface for athletes to compete on.
The energy to make and ship the artificial snow also exacerbates the carbon footprint of the competitions that require snow, the climate experts said.
"To create artificial snow requires massive amounts of water and energy," Mitchell said.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
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Nonsense.
Does Greenland have Hills??
I knew it, this is the climate and not weather this winter.
6 degree rise in 70 years- oh noes- whatever are we gonna do? And let’s not forget- that is average, some of those 70 years it was COLDER
https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/@3177952/historic?month=1&year=2026
Play around with it.
It was warmer in Jan 2011, 2018, etc than Jan 2026.
“”””Average temperatures in Cortina, Italy, have risen by 6.4 degrees Fahrenheit since the region first hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956, according to a recent analysis by Climate Central. The warming trends have led to fewer freezing days and a shortage of naturally made snow. “”””
Interesting. I was born in North Dakota around that time. Dad says there was no snow on the ground that year. This year there is a lot of snow. So North Dakota got the snow that Italy didn’t. Therefore, hold the Olympics in North Dakota. Problem solved.
It’s going to be 38 degrees here in So. Florida tonight.
It’s weather, not climate.
Always a crises.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are about to kick off, but the Milano Cortina Games will take place in a much warmer world than in years past.
Meanwhile:
First women’s downhill training canceled over heavy snow
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47827135/first-women-downhill-training-canceled-heavy-snow
DILLIGAFF?
Do I Look Like I Give A Flying......
Enough, enough, enough, make them stop the constant BS.
Uh huh. Climate change was supposed to ruin the Olympics. Then the snow apocalypse hit. So now the scam moves onto games I’ve never heard of.
Cons never give up the con.
Too bad the climate doesn’t just stay constant decade after decade, like it used to.
I’m willing to believe the the writer is just an idiot. Temperatures have not risen 6 degrees is seventy years. It may be 6 degrees warmer than it was just before the Olympics pics started in 1956, but according to NOAA the increase on average repaired has been .11 degrees per decade, or .77 degree in the aggregate
That's right.
Colder than normal is because of the weather.
Hotter than normal is because of the climate.
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