Posted on 03/01/2020 12:51:54 PM PST by Libloather
A warming planet has major ramifications on winter snowpack across the globe, including a long-term drying trend for many. That's a concern for winter sports enthusiasts and communities that depend on snow throughout the year.
Not many understand this better than the climate advocacy group known as Protect Our Winters (POW). The group is an organization of professional athletes and like-minded individuals fighting for policy to protect winter sports and mountain communities.
"Increased temperatures are melting away both my sport and my livelihood," professional ski mountaineer and POW representative Caroline Gliech told the US Senate late last year.
This year has been a prime example of what is becoming more common. Snowfall has been abysmal in California this winter. The state-wide snowpack is running far below average to date and there is little relief in sight before the season ends. This is a stark comparison to last year when California was walloped with above-average snowfall and ended the season 175% of average by April 1.
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Wasn’t snowfall in CA off the charts a year or two ago?
If the Summer Olympics gets cancelled this year, there are only two more Olympics left.
If the Summer Olympics gets cancelled this year, there are only two more Olympics left.
Sheesh, it just snowed in CA today.
Just imagine the horror of being as stupid as the person who wrote the above paragraph.
Looks cold and damp at the Nascar race in SoCal right now.
WOW Global warming happened in just ONE year! LMAO
Some years are above average, some are below average - strange how that works out.
More time for synchronized swishing then
Last year.
Nice take, thanks.
I looked at a chart of CA rainfall/drought over the last 1000 years or so (sorry, forget where I saw it) and it was interesting that CA rainfall was uncorrelated with global temperature. But the 20th century was unusually humid, so things could get bad if it reverts to the mean.
Globally, though, a warmer world is a wetter world.
This article is BS.
There was record snowfall 2 years in a row even though these same people predicted no snow by 2020. How can they ever print this when last year was 175% and the year is not close to being over.
Did you know that nearly 50% of all students test below average!
Maybe they are demanding continuous average values. Deviations standard or otherwise will not be tolerated. Perhaps we need to remind them that diversity is a strength or something.
No worries, your government will fix it. Have a little faith everyone /s
Bryant Gumbel is fine with this.
The residents along Lake Erie who are trying to chip their way out of their ice-encrusted homes don’t think there is warming problem. This is the sixth major winter weather event this year in that area.
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