By Paul Homewood
h/t mjr
Global sport faces major disruption from climate change in coming decades, according to a new analysis.
By 2050, it’s estimated that almost one in four English football league grounds can expect flooding every year.
But tennis, rugby, athletics and winter sports will also face serious challenges from the impacts of rising temperatures, the author says.
The study finds that sports leaders are, in the main, failing to address the issue seriously.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted sports as much as any other aspect of social life, many experts believe that this is just a dress rehearsal for the long-term impacts on sport of a world that’s way too hot.
Extreme weather events, related to rising temperatures, have already disrupted some of the world’s most high-profile sports in recent years.
A typhoon, which wreaked havoc in Japan last year, also affected fixtures at the Rugby…
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