Environment

A Climate Model of White Christmases—Through 2100

One man makes a knowingly futile attempt at predicting snow for decades down the line.
David Taylor/Environment Canada

When warp-speed Santa drones are shooting Christmas presents down the air holes of our Disastro-Bunkers in 2089, will there be snow on the ground?

That's a ridiculous question to ask—and now it's been answered by David Taylor, a 44-year-old data scientist and writer in Montreal, who's made an animation of predicted white Christmases for each remaining year of the century.