On an afternoon when I was working through some edits on a manuscript detailing the role of glacier melt water in sustaining agricultural water supplies in the Hood River valley of Oregon, it was more than appropriate that my good friend Chris Rowan should send me the link this beautiful …
Last week, the Southeastern United States received several inches of snow. This late season snowfall was certainly a novelty, though not an unprecedented occurrence. But it did stir up conversations among local residents, especially when the week ended with ~25 degree Celsius (75 Fahrenheit) sunshine. The weather’s fickleness also got …
The following abstract was submitted for the Fall AGU meeting: Secular Streamflow Trends in Watersheds Receiving Mixed Rain and Snow, Pacific Coast and Cascades Ranges A. Jefferson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Much existing research has focused on detecting climate change effects on snowmelt-dominated watersheds, but in the Pacific …