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| | MANY SKI RESORTS HEADING DOWNHILL AS RESULT OF GLOBAL WARMING |
 | | The internationally celebrated winter sports town of Kitzbuehl, popular among the rich and famous, faces extinction as a top ski resort. Kitzbuehl is an example of a resort lying at the low altitude of 760 metres, a height that will make it acutely vulnerable to declining and less frequent snow. |
 | | Austria, Italy and Germany: In Austria, the present snow line is likely to rise 200 to 300 metres over the next 30 to 50 years. "Many mountain villages, above all in the central and eastern parts of Austria, will lose their winter industry because of climate change", says the study. |
 | | If snow reliability rises to 1,800 metres, under a more acute warming scenario, only 44 per cent of skiing regions would be snow reliable. Even in the higher-altitude cantons of Grisons and Valais, an estimated 25 per cent of resorts face threats. |
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