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Space Photos Show Intense Drying of California Mountains

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11 months ago

August 2, 2021

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NASA satellite photos underscore how snow trends are significantly changing in the Sierra Nevada. (Shutterstock)

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NASA satellite photos illustrate the extremes in a diminishing California snowpack, and how increasing dryness threatens outdated, 20th century conceptions of water reliability.

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