Mastodawn

2026's historic snow drought is bad news for the West
For much of the western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/2026s-historic-snow-drought-is-bad-news-for-the-west/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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mHtt 3d ago

@arstechnica WW3 unfolding before our eyes and Arstechnica posts this.

I guess some really did fiddle while Rome burned

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MarjorieR

@mHtt @arstechnica if it was just a problem for skiers maybe, but the lack of snow pack foreshadows big regional problems with irrigation, power supply and fire hazard over the coming year.
Climate change has consequences.
Of course emissions from the war in the Middle East will not be helping going forward.