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Ski Tourism Shapes the Snow Microbiome on Ski Slopes in the Italian Central Alps

Environmental Microbiology Reports
ABSTRACT Winter sports exert significant anthropogenic pressures on the snow microbiome, affecting the entire alpine ecosystem. The massive usage of artificial snow, human occupation, and the release of xenobiotics like microplastics or ski wax components on ski tracks can profoundly alter snow microbial ecology ...
Dell'Acqua, Andrea Nicolò, Scicchitano, Daniel, Simoncini, Nicola, Mercanti, Ilaria, Leuzzi, Daniela, Turroni, Silvia, Corlatti, Luca, Rampelli, Simone, Colonna, Martino, Corinaldesi, Cinzia, Candela, Marco, Palladino, Giorgia   +11 more
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SKI Touring in Poland: Who Takes Part in this Form of Specialised Tourism? How Do They Take Part and Why? [PDF]

, 2016
The article presents a description of ski touring by Polish tourists. The author is looking for answers to the following questions: Who goes on this form of tourism? How and why? How experienced are the tourists? Are they aware of the risks involved? Are
Iwona Jażdżewska, Jażdżewska, Iwona
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Identifying the Drivers of Newfoundland Capelin Recruitment After a Breakdown in the Environment–Recruitment Relationship

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environment‐recruitment relationships often break down over time. This can occur because of spurious results from testing numerous environmental variables in the original analyses or from relative changes in the importance of specific environmental drivers over time.
Hannah M. Murphy, Frédéric Cyr, Aaron T. Adamack, Dominique Robert, Pierre Pepin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing ski tourism transformations to climate change: A multi-stakeholder participatory approach in diverse Canadian destinations

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
Canadian ski tourism destinations face increasing climate and carbon risks yet are not currently prepared to adapt to climate change or a decarbonized future.
Natalie L.B. Knowles, Daniel Scott
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating the Competitiveness of Iran’s Winter Tourism Destinations [PDF]

Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
With increasing competition in tourism and rising tourist expectations, destination competitiveness has become crucial. However, no comprehensive assessment of Iran’s ski resorts had been conducted.
Hooman Sabzavi, Amin Dehghan
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Multilocal Practices in a Pleasure Periphery: A Typology of Time, Space and Activity

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The prerequisites, conditions and drivers of multilocality, that is, leading an everyday life in multiple places, were transformed through the accelerated adoption of remote work triggered by the COVID‐19 pandemic. We bring new perspectives to the field of multilocality research by exploring and theorising multilocal practices through a post ...
Nicolai Ekecrantz, Katarina Haugen, Eva Thulin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terry Peak Ski Lift, Lead SD, Lawrence County

, 1968
2 x 2 b/w negative, ski lift on a grassy hillside2233A 84-84 Origin Economic & Tourism Development68-0192B-3 Terry Peak Strip negatives 1968 ...
Division of Tourism
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Climate Change Adaptation of Alpine Ski Tourism in Spain [PDF]

Climate, 2018
Mountain ecosystems are considered to be vulnerable to climate change, with potential detrimental effects including the reduction of the snow seasons, the gradual retreat of glaciers, and changes in water storage and availability. One vulnerable sector to climate change is winter tourism, with some resorts likely to experience a significant reduction ...
Luís Campos Rodrigues, Jaume Freire-González, Aina González Puig, Ignasi Puig-Ventosa   +3 more
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Reduced cardiovascular mortality at moderate altitude: a putative role of physical activity and body mass

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Benefits of performing physical exercise at moderate altitude. At moderate altitude, increased resting metabolic rate and physical exertion promote physical fitness and exercise tolerance, whereas hypoxia suppresses appetite and elicits adaptations that increase tissue O2 delivery while augmenting O2‐independent ATP production ...
Robert T. Mallet, Johannes Burtscher, Hannes Gatterer, Katharina Hüfner, Samuel Verges, Tadej Debevec, Martin Burtscher   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Observational Characteristics and Meteorological Drivers of Inferior Mirages in Kumtag Desert, China

Atmospheric Science Letters, Volume 27, Issue 10, October 2026.
Inferior mirages occur on 98.9% of days each year in the Kumtag Desert, Xinjiang, China. Using real‐time camera monitoring mirage images and local meteorological data, we classified inferior mirages into three intensity grades and analyzed their observational characteristics and meteorological drivers.
Liangluan Song, Wenjie Zhou, Shuihua Song, Ronggang Bao, Huiqin Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source