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Snow: More Than Just the Backdrop for your Favorite Winter Olympic Sport

March 9, 2018 Jeannie Wilkening 0 Comments Climate Change, drought, Ecology, forests, hydrology, snow, water, water management

Even if you don’t live anywhere near mountains, it is very possible that the water that comes out of your tap originated as snow in the mountains. Many places rely on melting snow from the mountains to supply water downstream for cities, agriculture, and ecosystems. However, melting is not the only thing that can happen to mountain snowpack and scientists are trying to figure out where else it goes and how that could change in the future.