Cricket and golf join snowsports under threat from climate change

o Skiing industry in Scotland could be finished within 50 yearso Cricket hit by increased rainfall while links suffer coastal erosionThe future of snowsports is under threat, according to a report into the impact of climate change on grassroots and elite sport.Although it has been well below freezing as athletes prepared for the Winter Olympics in South Korea this week, winter temperatures in the Alps, where many British competitors train, could rise by up to 4C by 2100. By then, only six of the past 19 Winter Olympics venues could be sufficiently cold to act as host cities. Continue reading...