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This winter is off to a slow start and researchers are warning today's "unusual" could become "normal" — and even more severe in decades to come.

A parched Western U.S. has been buffeted by heavy precipitation this week, precipitation which fell as record-breaking snow across the region's higher elevations as storm systems collided with descending Arctic air. As I reported yesterday, snow...

Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades.

The water infrastructure of western United States is constructed on a melting foundation, and experts are worried that the implications will be disastrous unless something is done about global warming. As per new models, the snow season in California might be nearly non-existent by the end of the century, affecting water delivery systems, flora and wildlife, rivers, and the wildfire season as well.

The western United States has built their water infrastructure on a melting foundation, and unless we do something about global warming, scientists worry the consequences will be catastrophic.

By Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — It was 55 degrees and sunny Thursday at Sugar Bowl Resort, where the opening day of the 2021 ski season — already delayed because of warm weather — was still listed as “TBD.” “Winter hasn’t quite arrived in Tahoe yet,” of

The study paints a worrisome picture of the "potentially catastrophic consequences" of a future with less snow

Due to rising temperatures, the region has already lost 20 percent of its snowpack since the 1950s.

New research has found that winters of low snow, or even no snow, could become a regular occurrence in California in as little as 35 years.

In just three and half decades, California may see winters of either no snow or little snow, according to researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.