International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has named the effect of climate change on winter sport “alarming” and fears that more than 50% of Europe’s ski areas may no longer exist in their current form by 2050. Bach told dpa at a recent event in Stuttgart that this will not only impact the choice of Winter Olympics hosts but also the future of winter sports. “A experts’ commission is looking at future hosts and the influence of climate change on winter sports. Some figures are interesting, or rather alarming,” Bach said. “Global warming is 25 to 50 percent stronger in mountain…