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What will the Winter Olympics look like in a warming world? Snowmaking can defy climate change for only so long

  • Written by Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
imageAlmost all of the snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics came from machines.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place...

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