Winter’s alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in the western US
- Written by Imtiaz Rangwala, Senior Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
In a good year, the West's mountain snowpack feeds streams and rivers well into summer.George Rose/Contributor/Getty Images NewsWinter is more than just a season in the western U.S. – it is a savings account to get farms and homes through the long, dry summer ahead. As the snowpack that accumulates in the mountains through winter slowly...