Earlier snowmelt carries drastic consequences for forests
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 11:31
in Earth & Climate
Earlier snowmelt periods associated with a warming climate may hinder subalpine forest regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), according to the results of a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The findings, which were recently published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, predict that this shift in the timing of the snowmelt could result in a 45 […]