{"id":135871,"date":"2024-12-05T09:05:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-years\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:05:59","slug":"italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy, Slovenia, Austria: Some countries have lost almost half their Alpine snowfall in 100 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135871\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>An alpinist heads down a ridge on the Aiguille du Midi towards the Vallee Blanche on the Mont Blanc massif, in the Alps, near Chamonix, France. The study is one of the first to cover the entirety of the Alps over a long period, revealing a much wetter picture from 1980 onwards. Snowfall across the Alps has dropped by a third in 100 years, a new study reveals.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s well known that the snow cover on \u2018Europe\u2019s rooftop\u2019 is getting patchier. But the study led by scientists at the Eurac research centre in Italy is one of a few to take a long and wide-ranging view of the situation. Between 1920 to 2020, it charts an average 34 per cent decrease in snow over the entire Alps, with southwestern slopes especially impacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a markedly negative trend in terms of fresh snowfall in the Alps,\u201d says Michele Bozzoli, environmental meteorologist at Eurac and lead author of the study. \u201cIn particular, a notable decrease was observed after 1980. This date also coincides with an equally sharp increase in temperatures.\u201d In other words, climate change is dramatically altering the face of Europe\u2019s highest and widest mountain range.<\/p>\n<p>Data on seasonal snowfall and rainfall was collected from 46 sites throughout the Alps, from France to Slovenia. The most recent came from modern weather stations, while historical data was gathered from handwritten records by specially appointed observers who recorded how many inches of snow fell at a given location. Eurac has created an extensive picture of the Alps over 100 years in partnership with numerous meteorological offices, environmental agencies, volunteer groups, and the University of Trento.<\/p>\n<p>The picture varies from 23 per cent less snowfall in the northern Alps, to a drop of almost 50 per cent on the southwestern slopes. \u201cThe most negative trends concern locations below an altitude of 2,000 metres and are in the southern regions such as Italy, Slovenia and part of Austrian Alps,\u201d Bozzoli says. In Alpine areas to the north, such as Switzerland and northern Tyrol in Italy, the researchers also noted the central role of altitude.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an increase in precipitation during the winter season, snowfall is increasingly turning to rain at lower altitudes as temperatures rise in line with greenhouse gas emissions. In more southerly areas, temperatures have risen to such an extent that &#8211; even at higher levels &#8211; rain is frequently dominating snowfall.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s bad news for a number of reasons, Bozzoli explains. &#8221;Snow is crucial as a water reservoir, it feeds glaciers, mountain streams and, as it melts slowly in spring, replenishes water reserves gradually.\u201d Skiing and tourism are also vital to the economies of these areas and they can\u2019t go ahead without snow. \u201cThe decrease in snow has an impact not only on winter sports, but also on all activities and processes that rely on water. This aspect can no longer be ignored in the policy planning of water management.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study is one of the first to cover the entirety of the Alps over a long period, revealing a much wetter picture from 1980 onwards. Snowfall across the Alps has dropped by a third in 100 years, a new study reveals.It\u2019s well known that the snow cover on \u2018Europe\u2019s rooftop\u2019 is getting patchier. But the study led by scientists at the Eurac research centre in Italy is one of a few to take a long and wide-ranging view of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1920 to 2020, it charts an average 34 per cent decrease in snow over the entire Alps, with southwestern slopes especially impacted.\u201cThere is a markedly negative trend in terms of fresh snowfall in the Alps,\u201d says Michele Bozzoli, environmental meteorologist at Eurac and lead author of the study.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/12\/04\/italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-y\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/12\/04\/italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-y\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/italy-slovenia-austria-some-countries-have-lost-almost-half-their-alpine-snowfall-in-100-years\/\">Italy, Slovenia, Austria: Some countries have lost almost half their Alpine snowfall in 100 years<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4003,2743,1552,2113,17199,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-135871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alpine","tag-austria","tag-italy","tag-slovenia","tag-snowfall","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}