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Mar 31, 2023 · A total of 18 metres of snow has fallen at the lab this season, nearly double the yearly average. And statewide, the snow’s water content — the amount of water that would result if the snow...
- Gemma Conroy
May 25, 2023 · In four key subregions of California’s snowy mountains, we quantified the progressing contribution of ARs and non-AR storms to the evolving and projected snow accumulation and snowlines (elevation of the snow-to-rain transition), exploring their climatology, variability and trends.
May 25, 2023 · Researchers projected that from the 2050s to 2100, rising temperatures could push average snowlines 1,300 feet to 1,600 feet higher across the Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascades...
Apr 29, 2024 · Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two-decadelong megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it because with climate change, the 2023 California snow bonanza —a record for snow on the ground on April 1 — will be less likely in the future, said the ...
May 25, 2023 · An analysis by Tamara Shulgina, Alexander Gershunov, and other climate scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggest that in the face of unabated global warming, the snowlines marking where rainfall turns to snow have been rising significantly over the past 70 years.
Jun 8, 2023 · The Sierra snowpack typically reaches its maximum depth around April 1, when the region’s climate shifts from the wet to dry season. The snowpack plays a critical role in water storage for the...
Apr 17, 2023 · Then in late February, snowfall accumulations in the Central Sierra Nevada mountain range jumped more than 140 inches in a single week, burying homes and chairlifts in deep, white powder.
