Study: Winters less snowy, shortening across N. Hemisphere
The Weather Channel · 9 days ago
The Weather Channel
9 days ago
A new study just released has found that most areas across the Northern Hemisphere have seen a decline in snowfall over the last 40 years. While Europe has been hit the hardest, there’s one area in the U.S. that has actually seen an increase in snowfall.
Breakdown
- Mountain regions are seeing less snow and more bare ground in winter
- Areas losing snow outnumber those gaining by 2.5 to 1 in the Northern Hemisphere 16s
- Researchers analyzed four decades of satellite data 21s
- Some parts of Canada and northern U.S. plains are gaining snow 28s
- Snowfall is occurring earlier and melting sooner, raising water supply concerns 36s