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A third less snow is falling in the Alps than 100 years ago

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In some countries, it’s down by half. Scientists gathered snowfall data from between 1920 and 2020 at 46 Alpine locations from Switzerland to Slovenia. This data ranged from handwritten historical records to the most recent high-tech readings. Combined, it showed that average Alpine snowfall has plummeted by 34% in 100 years

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