Map of vulnerable mountain snowpack (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Map of vulnerable mountain snowpack

Caption

This map shows the simulated change in snowpack disappearance date--the number of days earlier in the spring when all the winter snow melts--under one degree of warming, based on an idealized physical model. Darker shades of gray and pink show regions where the snowpack melt date is changing more rapidly and disappearing earlier.

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Credit: NOAA Climate.gov based on data from Evan and Eisenman, 2021.

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with credit to NOAA Climate.gov

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