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Climate change: High temperatures, sparse snowfall in Europe's Alps worries ski industry

File photo taken January 2, 2017 of the Alps near the Swiss Alps resort of les Crosets. © Fabrice Coffrini, AFP

Much of the Alps does not look right for this time of year following unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe, including record high January temperatures in Switzerland. The sparse snowfall has seen grass blanketing the continent’s central mountains, worrying the ski industry and winter sports organisers and reviving concerns about climate change.

On a swath stretching from France to Poland, with the Alps at the centre, many parts of Europe were experiencing unseasonably warm weather, reviving concerns about temperature upheaval linked to climate change.

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