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How the Winter Olympics Are Adapting in a Hotter World

The world's premier winter sports event is facing a future with more heat and less snow.
Snow cannons at the site of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in 2024.Photographer: Mickael Chavet/ZUMA Press Wire

Winter sports fans, rejoice. The Olympics are set to get underway this week. The Games are back in Cortina, Italy, following a 70 year gap. What’s changed? The climate, of course.

Today’s newsletter looks at not just how much Cortina has warmed, but how future Olympics will be forced to grapple with rising temperatures.