<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c371f02-dcf7-462e-ac6a-a5488231b765/B70CE5F5-C114-41EC-A8EF-C86206ACBD61/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200702/1841439.htm?goulburnmurray" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200702/1841439.htm?goulburnmurray" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200702/1841439.htm?goulburnmurray"><DIV><P align="left"><A href="http://www.abc.net.au/goulburnmurray/">ABC Goulburn Murray</A> | <A href="http://www.abc.net.au/goulburnmurray/news/">Local News</A> | Story</P><H1>Skiing days numbered, conference told</H1><SPAN>Tuesday, 6 February 2007. 14:49 (AEDT)</SPAN><SPAN>Tuesday, 6 February 2007. 13:49 (ACST)</SPAN><SPAN>Tuesday, 6 February 2007. 13:49 (AEST)</SPAN><SPAN>Tuesday, 6 February 2007. 14:49 (ACDT)</SPAN><SPAN>Tuesday, 6 February 2007. 12:49 (AWDT)</SPAN><P>A conference in Victoria's alpine region has been told that the days of snow and skiing in the state are numbered.</P><P>International scientists have gathered at Falls Creek this week to discuss the future of the earth's cooler climes.</P><P>Dr Henrik Wahren from the Research Centre for Applied Ecology has been studying climate change in the Victorian Alps for the past three years.</P><P>He says that although the temperature may increase by less than two degrees, tourism operators need to prepare for a downturn.</P><P>"Let's pick an arbitrary date, say of 2050," he said.</P><P>"I hazard a guess that for a large part of what we call the alpine environment, you will see very very little snow. </P><P>"Up to 90 per cent of snow covered areas will be gone."</P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200702/1841439.htm?goulburnmurray"></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B70CE5F5-C114-41EC-A8EF-C86206ACBD61/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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