How Climate Change Affects Sports

Believe it or not, but climate change really does affect sports, and a lot. From snow to water, some beautiful, fun sports that many enjoy might become "extinct" in the future. Here's why and how:

Snow Sports:

Snow sports such as skiing, snowtubing and snowboarding might just become a thing of the past if we keep going on like this in climate change, and your favorite ski resorts and businesses might have to start shutting down because of this. This is because due to the rising global temperatures, snow is starting to disappear and melt quicker, and according to statistics, if we don't change, the Alps might lose more than 50% of its snow by the year 2100.

- So, what are people doing about this?

Thankfully, many resorts are taking action on this, such as a Wyoming resort running on renewable wind energy and another company converting coal to electricity.

But they can't just stand alone to alter our situation eternally and make a big impact: we have to pitch in, too if we want to keep these beautiful, snowy, fully white sports alive.

Water Sports:

Although it's not as much pronounced, water sports can be affected by climate change as well. Due to temperatures rising and the frequency of floods and rash water movements, swimming, surfing, diving, etc., can be affected by global warming. You can be put into more danger due to rash - acting waves and ripples that can throw you off. Entire businesses and lives could be thrown off the line due to these current and upcoming events.

Land Sports:

Finally, land sports. These could be affected by any inland natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc., due to the circumstances that are getting worse by the minute here. Not only that, but as temperatures increase and these things happen, less and less people would want to play and exercise outside, leaving them to stay indoors and perhaps getting negative health effects due to less movement.

To conclude, all sorts of sports can be affected by global warming and basically overall climate change. Habits, passions, and even health can change, and a big, challenging, fun opportunity in life could disappear in the next generation due to these growing, concerning conditions from global warming.

If we don't act now together in ways such as supporting these resorts and businesses' cause of treating nature better and volunteering and doing as much as possible, there might not be an action - filled future to think about. So, by being climate positive and thinking about your or your friend's passion for sports, let's do the right thing and change before it's too late.

Works Cited:

Images From Unsplash

Ski Resorts Fight Global Warming - Emagazine.com