GUNNISON, Colo. (AP) At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region s snow by air.
As climate change causes rising temperatures, snow is melting earlier than normal and pushing water managers to look for other ways to finetune forecasting methods.
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