Along the alpine ridges of Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania, seven ski resorts are closing their gates weeks ahead of schedule — not by choice, but by the slow arithmetic of a warming world. A winter that delivered rain where snow once fell, and heat records where cold once reigned, has compressed another season into something shorter and thinner than the industry or its communities can sustain. Scientists point to El Niño amplified by two degrees of accumulated warming as the mechanism, but the deeper story is one of a landscape quietly losing its seasonal identity — and an industry be
Australian ski resorts close early as heat and El Niño devastate winter season
Economic impact on ski resort workers and regional tourism-dependent communities through shortened operating seasons and reduced visitor revenue.