Ideal host cities for future Winter Olympics are dropping off the map. Fake snow won’t be enough to help

By 2050, the number of countries that could potentially host the Winter Olympic Games could be cut nearly in half, a new study has found. As Italy prepares for the 2026 Winter Olympics, a crucial part of the prep is the manufacturing of artificial snow; the Olympics organizing committee plans to make 2.4 million cubic meters of the stuff.