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- Researchers want to save shrinking Swiss glacier with 4,000 snow machines Tue, 2 May 17, 12:35amClimate change is shrinking the Morteratsch glacier in Switzerland by around 98 to 131 feet every single year. Scientists led by Johannes Oerlemans of Utrecht University think they have an answer: artificial snow. 4,000 snow...
- Dubai is building the world’s longest indoor ski slope – in the desert Thu, 6 Aug 15, 1:14amThe 3.67-million-square-meter Meydan One won’t be home to Dubai’s first indoor ski resort, though it will beat the old record by three times. The extravagant desert city nabbed the Guinness World Record for the longest...
- Snow Made With Treated Wastewater Covers Ski Slopes in Arizona Tue, 1 Jan 13, 12:09amA ski resort in Arizona has been angling to use artificial snow to bolster its slopes for the last seven years, but a slew of legal issues has prevented them from doing so – until now...
- Barcelona to Build the World’s First Carbon-Neutral Indoor Ski Slope Tue, 24 Jan 12, 1:39amThe designers behind Ski Dubai’s artificial ski slope, Snow World and B01 Arquitectos, have teamed up to improve on their original design with the world’s very first carbon-neutral indoor ski slope in Barcelona...