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Global warming could melt winter sport industry: report http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1238448517
Global warming could cripple winter sports and winter tourism in Canada, according to a report published Monday by the David Suzuki Foundation.
"If heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions are not significantly cut, global warming stands to wipe out more than half of Canada's ski season later this century with few exceptions," said the study.
Entitled On Thin Ice, it was released Monday in Vancouver on the opening day of the 8th annual world conference on sport and the environment.
"By 2050, if we fail to take immediate action on climate change, a whole range of winter activities across Canada, from Olympic sports like skiing and snowboarding to iconic Canadian pastimes such as ice fishing and pond hockey, will be jeopardized," says report author and the foundation's climate-change specialist, Ian Bruce.
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Canuck says: "Or even -- gasp -- rollerblading instead of ice skating! What's next -- rollerblade hockey!?"
DougMcKenzie says: "Ok, but what are the Canadians gonna do to get the world to take action? Quit exporting Molson?"
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OMG!!! You mean I have to take up skateboarding instead of snowboarding!?
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Actually, the more ways we can communicate the varied impacts of global warming, the better. If the ski-lift and ice-skating operators are thinking "hmmm, maybe there's trouble ahead," then maybe they mention the potential economic impact to their friends.... and who knows, they may turn off an extraneous light.
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