Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions

The future snowpack in high mountains like the Himalayas is expected to diminish in the future, but clean snow will help reduce the loss, according to a new study. Credit: Eugene Ga | Shutterstock.com

Less pollution settling into snow should help cut the decline of snowpack in the Northern Hemisphere later this century. Though the snowpack will still diminish due to rising temperatures, the outlook is less dire when the cleaner snow of the future is considered.

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News Source: phys.org


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