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A new study calculates that two-thirds of the world's glaciers will disappear by the end of the century at current climate change trends.

France is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought on record.

Pro cyclist Lachlan Morton beat the entire Tour de France peloton, yellow jersey and all, to the finish line in Paris by more than four whole days.

In fact, the spasm of activity looks to be a mere flicker in a ski season that seems destined to never take off, as the Italian government delays reopening lifts to leisure skiers. Italy’s 2019-2020 ski season closed unexpectedly early last March, when the country became the first Western country pummeled by the pandemic. France's ski lifts remain closed at least through February. While ski resorts generate cash over four months of the year, maintenance and upkeep are year-round costs — something ski resort operators say the government in Rome has been slow to understand. Ghezzi, the ski lift association president, is doubtful that lifts will open on Feb. 15 as currently planned.