It is an increasingly frequent event. Saharan sand on your car in the morning and covering the ski slopes.

It seems like a long time ago now but back in 2009 the COP21 conference in Copenhagen fixed an objective of maintaining the average global surface temperature below +2°C compared to the preindustrial

With good snowfall in early December, 2023 it seemed like nordic ski areas were off to a good start compared to the previous winter. That was not counting on the weather.

Métabief in the French Jura is typical of skiing in the mountain range. Colder than the Alps, the ski runs are located between 900 and 1430 meters altitude.

Mountain Wilderness France, an environmental group, is furious to discover that les Deux Alpes is ice making on the summer ski area. The glacier de Mont de Lans is losing 10cm of depth a day.

{image:2}During the holiday period the Savoie Gendarmerie and agents from the Parc national de la Vanoise and the Office of Biodiversity have been controlling off piste skiers n the 3 Valleys ski area

Clear asian skies due to covid lockdowns last year will affect the snowmelt in the mountains of Pakistan and India this year.

An article published in Nature claims that glaciers are losing 31% more ice and snow per year than 15 years ago according to 3D satellite measurements of all the world's glaciers with half the loss co

Researchers have crunched data from the February 2018 snow storm dubbed "The Beast from the East" that hit Europe and have concluded that it was fueled by sea-ice loss in the Arctic and therefore glob

On two occasions during February dust from the Saharan has covered the French Alps and beyond. Blown North by Sirocco winds.