Sports Illustrated

In March, Sports Illustrated published a lengthy cover-story dealing with how global warming was changing the face of sports including World Cup skiing which was forced to cancel one of seven events in Europe last season due to the absence of snow.

Also that month, the New York Times published an article addressing how "the chaos of their calendar this season changed many [World Cup skiers] to climate-change activists."

Deliciously, just seven months later, a new World Cup season began this weekend in Solden, Austria, with absolutely marvelous ski conditions.

Think SI and the Times will be reporting the postponement of the end of skiing as we know it?

While you ponder, the International Herald Tribune reported Friday (emphasis added):