Cross-country skiing enthusiasts who are in Italy for the Milan Cortina Winter Games have been thrilled to find themselves sharing a trail with Olympians.

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

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