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A study from the University of Colorado Boulder reveals that climate change is causing earlier snowmelt and increased rainfall in the mountain ranges of Western U.S. and Canada, leading to a decrease in snowpack water storage. This shift could impact agriculture, wildfire risk, and municipal water s
Mountain snowpack, typically seen as the water tower of the Western United States and Canada, is in decline, according to a new study. Researchers created the Snow Storage Index to assess snow water storage from 1950-2013 and found that storage has significantly declined in more than 25% of the Mountain West, in part because more snow is melting during winter and spring.
The previously dry Tulare Lake bed has rapidly flooded over the past few months due to heavy rainfall and snowmelt from the Sierra Nevadas.
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Satellite images of the Sierra Nevada show a striking difference between the 2022 and 2023 spring snowpacks.