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Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the West

  • Written by Adrienne Marshall, Postdoctoral Fellow in Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho
Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the WestA valuable resource: Snowpack on Oregon's Mt. Hood.USDA NRCS/Spencer Miller, CC BY

As an environmental scientist, I’ve done plenty of hiking in the western U.S. – always with a map, water bottle and list of water sources. In dry areas it’s always smart to ration water until you get to a new source. Sometimes a stream has dried up...

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