Dust threatens Utah's 'greatest snow on earth'
Friday, December 21, 2018 - 17:30
in Earth & Climate
New research found that dust deposition speeds up snowmelt in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Scientists found that a single dust storm on April 13, 2017, deposited half of all dust for the season. The additional sunlight absorbed by the dust-darkened snow surface led to snow melting a week earlier.