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Increased winter snowmelt threatens western US water resources – Science Daily

More snow is melting during winter across the West, a concerning trend that could impact everything from ski conditions to fire danger and agriculture, according…

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More snow is melting during winter across the West, a concerning trend that could impact everything from ski conditions to fire danger and agriculture, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder analysis of 40 years of data.Researchers found that since the late 1970s, winter’s boundary with spring has been slowly disappearing, with one-third of 1,065 snow measurement stations from the Mexican border to the Alaskan Arctic recording increasing winter snowmelt. While stations with significant…

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