Under stable climatic conditions, the ice lost through melting is replenished by winter precipitation in the form of snow.

UNESCO: 83e

But it could simply mean that the Games move to northern venues, like Norway, where global warming has increased winter precipitation and where glaciers are growing - even if the winters are still getting shorter.

UNESCO: 83e

The temperatures we experience locally and in short periods can fluctuate significantly due to predictable cyclical events (night and day, summer and winter) and hard-to-predict wind and precipitation patterns.

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