Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s suggestion that Gulmarg may need artificial snow to sustain its winter tourism economy should unsettle us far more than it reassures. For it shows that climate change is here to stay and the government is beginning to take steps to adapt to it. Ski slopes sustained by machines, rather than by nature, is yet another wake up call, and something that should make us deeply worried.

The prolonged dry spell so far this winter has followed the trend of last year. A recent estimate puts the........

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