A rare abundance of snowfall in May is helping, as farmers expect yet another tough year for irrigation. “It definitely is a ...

Snow droughts are increasing, affecting water supplies and agriculture. Rising temperatures shift snowfall to rainfall.

Snow cover duration was just above the twenty-fifth percentile of the 25-year satellite record. Snow albedo, also known as snow brightness, started low in early April and decreased throughout the ...

The Earth is slowly losing its shine. Its reflectivity – or albedo – is declining, mostly due to vanishing ice cover and fewer clouds. So few, in fact, that 2023 stood out as the year with the lowest ...