Climate change is altering the smell of snow

The Seattle Times ^ | February 5, 2022 | By Dawn Fallik The Washington Post

[Oldeconomybuyer]

How would you describe the scent of winter?

Unlike spring, summer and fall, which have strongly defined aromas (flowers in bloom, beaches, decaying leaves), the current season is marked by the scent of nothing. Nothing’s growing. Nothing’s dying. It’s a kind of olfactory pause.

But snow has a scent, and researchers say that scent depends on what’s in the ground and the air. And as both the atmosphere and the land are getting warmer, the scent of snow is getting stronger.

How would you describe the scent of winter?

Unlike spring, summer and fall, which have strongly defined aromas (flowers in bloom, beaches, decaying leaves), the current season is marked by the scent of nothing. Nothing’s growing. Nothing’s dying. It’s a kind of olfactory pause.

But snow has a scent, and researchers say that scent depends on what’s in the ground and the air. And as both the atmosphere and the land are getting warmer, the scent of snow is getting stronger.

[Jim W N]

Smells COLD...

[A Navy Vet]

More nonsense.

[PeterPrinciple]

article smells like BS.

[JonPreston]

Who doesn’t know this?

[PGR88]

Damn you climate change! Is there no end to your magical powers!

[KarlInOhio]

Nationally, the contiguous United States has warmed 1.7 degrees since the 1901-1930 period,

Interesting choice of years since the 1930s were notoriously hot. Remember the Dust Bowl? If you look at record temperatures a disproportionately large number of them are from the 1930s. Sure it is warm now when you only compare to cool years.

[conservativeimage]

You sure it's accidental human warming and not intentional geoengineering making the snow smell?

[DennisR]

Someone trying to be deep and significant. 🙄

[ProtectOurFreedom]

How would you describe the scent of repeated paragraphs?

[Larry Lucido]

It’s causing me to see double.

[heavy metal]

don’t sniff the yellow snow...

[Larry Lucido]

strongly defined aromas (flowers in bloom, beaches

[Brian Griffin]

I sensed the smell of a dairy farm after just a few words.

[OrioleFan]

Don’t eat the yellow snow where the libtards go.

[Hot Tabasco]

I hate duplicate paragraphs

[Larry Lucido]

Smells like wasted excerpt space. Smells like clickbait!

[GaltAdonis]

Wow!

Just last week, I walked out my front door carrying all of
my bags and baggage, and the snow that was falling smelled
like mango-tangerine juice! No lie!
Then I noticed that my lunch cooler was leaking...

:-)

[logi_cal869]

[dfwgator]

Even the yellow snow?