Bosnia's Jahorina ski resort snowless due to record-breaking temperatures

Record ID: 1705254

  • Title: Bosnia's Jahorina ski resort snowless due to record-breaking temperatures
  • Date: 4th January 2023
  • Summary: WINTER OLYMPICS RINGS AT SKI CENTRE
  • Embargoed: 18th January 2023 17:50
  • Keywords: CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME WEATHER GLOBAL WARMING JAHORINA SNOW
  • Location: JAHORINA, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  • City: JAHORINA, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  • Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Topics: Climate Adaptation and Solution,Climate Change,Environment,Europe,General News
  • Reuters ID: LVA002041304012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: On mountain Jahorina above Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, home to the 1984 Winter Olympics, it should have been one of the busiest weeks of the season. Instead, on Wednesday (January 4) cable cars hung lifelessly above snowless grassy slopes due to record-high winter temperatures that have swept across parts of Europe over the new year,
    The warm conditions and sparse snowfall has forced some ski resorts across Europe to shut in recent days bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change.
    (Production: Violet Gonda)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2023. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: Olympic restriction: Clip cannot be re-published without additional clearances from the IOC.
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