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Climate change causing rain to replace snow, mass flooding

Por: New York Daily News World June 29, 2023

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A new climate change threat has emerged: rain versus snow. Normally, precipitation at higher elevations comes in the form of snow, which melts slowly in spring and runs down to replenish reservoirs and rivers at lower elevations. Warming, however, turns that snow to rain, which washes downhill immediately, causing dramatic erosion and disastrous flooding. Scientific consensus is that global temperatures should not exceed 2.7. degrees Fahrenheit... + full article



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