Warming Climate Can Increase Avalanche Risk, Studies Show

Research has pointed to the dangers of heavier and wetter snowfall, even as the number of snowy days decreases overall in California’s Sierra Nevada.

Multiple papers linked by this article:

• link.springer.com/article/…/s00382-023-06776-w
• arc.lib.montana.edu/…/ISSW2024_P5.10.pdf
• agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/…/1637990
• journals.ametsoc.org/view/…/jhm-d-16-0219_1.xml
• www.fs.usda.gov/psw/…/psw_gtr272_049.pdf