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What Do you Think the Total Snow Accumulation in North America is in One Year? | New Study Discovers it’s Way More than Previously Thought

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A first-of-its-kind study recently revealed that the accumulation of snow up in the mountains of North America is way more than anyone anticipated. The revelation has forced scientists to revise previous estimates of snow volume for the entire continent, and they’ve discovered that snow accumulation in a typical year is 50 percent higher than previously thought. If spread evenly across […]
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Study Reports that “Impact of Global Warming is Evident” in the Himalayas

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The Himalayas, the world’s highest mountains, are getting warmer, according to a study published in science journal Current Science, livemint.com reports. “Total precipitation (rainfall + snowfall) was found to increase whereas snowfall was found to decrease with concurrent significant increase in rainfall at all zones of NWH,” the study said. It warned that rising trends in liquid precipitation have a negative […]
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Snow Drought in CA caused by Warming Temperatures Explains Recent Research

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A recent report reveals that the Lake Tahoe Basin and the northern Sierra Nevada are currently experiencing a condition known as snow drought, according to new research and data from scientists at the Desert Research Institute (DRI). Snow droughts, or periods of below-normal snowpack, occur when abnormally warm storms or abnormally dry climate conditions prevent mountain snowpack from accumulating. “As […]
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NASA Needs You! Scientists Asking Backcountry Skiers to Help Measure Snowpack

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NASA researchers in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are looking for backcountry enthusiasts who want to aid a science mission, reports ABC News. NASA’s earth science arm is funding research that recruits citizen scientists on skis, snowshoes, and snowmobiles to measure snow depth in backcountry locations of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Their measurements will be incorporated into computer models that […]
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Lake Tahoe Research Helping to Improve Water Quality, Environment and Industry Around the World

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As 75% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, and around 60% of our body is water, you’d think us humans would have taken more care of this natural resource. It is essential to life itself. Yet, increasingly, our rivers, lakes and oceans are under threat from human caused issues in the form of climate change, ocean acidification, pollution, […]
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