Environment

Friday, 14 October, 2005

2005 Set to be Hottest on Record

Baring a major incident (volcanic eruption, nuclear war, someone leaving the door open on one of those American style fridges) climatologists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies are warning that 2005 will be the hottest year on record. Average temperatures taken from 7,200 weather stations around the world already make this year 0.4°C warmer than 1998, the previous hottest year.

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Saturday, 15 January, 2005

Climate Change Hits Alps Hardest

It seems that the Alps are getting more than their fair share of global warming. Météo-France’s Centre d’Etude de la Neige (incidentally the director is a PisteHors.com member) has just published a report showing that local variations can be much more extreme than average global climate change.

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Tuesday, 12 October, 2004

Andorra - Expand or Die?

Situated high in the Pyrénées, close to the border with the principality of Andorra, is a large bowl. It is one of those secret spots. Ignored by the package tourists making their way to the slopes and tax free shops of Andorra. Novice ski tourers can train on the gentle 500 meter climb to the Pic de la Mina knowing that they are not far from civilization if things go pear shaped. Experts can explore the many couloirs that descend from the ridgelines. The whole area is reached after a short climb from the ski lifts of the French resort of Porté-Puymorens.

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The slopes from the Pic de la Mina

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Saturday, 06 March, 2004

Return of the Snowmobile?

A recent case from the Conseil d’Etat (French Supreme Court) has been seized upon by some mayors as a green light to start snowmobile operations in the mountains. A spokesman for the Mayor’s association said “snowmobiles are now authorized on any public road that has snow’.  Despite some tolerance of the activity by courts, the new ruling is nothing of the sort.

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Saturday, 21 December, 2002

Study Shows 2002 2nd Hottest Year Ever

The World Metrological Organization (Organisation Météorologique Mondiale) has released a study showing that 2002, on a global scale, is without doubt the second hottest year since records began in 1860.

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Wednesday, 23 October, 2002

Snow Cannon Aid Raises Eyebrows

In the same week that French President Jacques Chirac has been telling the British to contribute more to the EU budget while refusing change to the subsidy paid to French farmers a new drain on the EU budget has surfaced: Snow Cannon Aid. With the bulk of the money going to ski stations, which according to studies on global warming, have poor long term prospects even some French are fuming. 

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