__Snow-Making For Skiing During Warm Winters Comes With Environmental Cost__ Snow-making has been called a Band-Aid to the bigger problem of warming temperatures.

Professional skiers and resorts in Aspen face a problem this season: deal with patches of dirt caused by warmer temperatures or make the climate worse by making and moving artificial snow.

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