As global warming’s impact accelerates, the world could soon be lacking enough real snow to hold the Winter Olympics, warns a new study led by researchers from the University of Waterloo. The study predicts that climate change will make it difficult for nearly all prior host cities for the Olympics to hold outdoor winter sports competitions. The optimal weather conditions for the Winter Olympics would see temperatures between −10°C and −1°C, days with more than 10cm of natural snow, and less than 1 mm of rain. These conditions ensure that the snow sport competitions are safe for the athletes.

The impending problem already began to make itself known at this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, with China using fake snow to cover almost 100% of its needs. The lack of abundant snow in the future could jeopardize certain sports as there are fewer venues to compete in, therefore, fewer competitions and less training ground, writes Quartz.

Toyota will restart operations tomorrow after manufacturing was halted yesterday due to a supplier being hit by a cyberattack, according to Reuters. Today’s suspension dropped output by around 13k vehicles. There is still no information on who was behind the attack or what the motive was, but the press is linking the hacking to Japan deciding to impose sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine invasion. The incident has also called into question how vulnerable Japan’s supply chains are after the attack brought “one of the world's mightiest manufacturers to a domestic standstill.”