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Due to increased average temperatures induced by human-driven climate change, there has been a global decrease in snowfall. Read more here.

With the aid of stable hydrogen isotopes in volcanic glass, an international research team, including Senckenberg geoscientist Prof. Dr. Andreas Mulch, has studied the uplift history of the Andes Plateau. In their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), they show that individual sections of today's biodiversity hotspot rose to their current elevation only 13 to 9 million years ago. The formation of the Andes is considered decisive for the deve...

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.