The U.S. is missing a ton of snow — even with recent storms
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Snow monitoring stations show more than 90% are below the median for this time of year, and new research points to climate change as the reason for declines in crucial snowpacks.
Storms are hammering much of the northern U.S., a welcome relief for some parts of the country that have received little or no snow in recent months.
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The U.S. is missing a ton of snow — even with recent storms
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The U.S. is missing a ton of snow — even with recent storms