Forest fires cause snow to melt earlier in the western U.S.

Researchers at Portland State University, the Desert Research Institute, and the University of Nevada, Reno reported that wildfires are accelerating snow melt in the West, something which could affect water supplies and could even trigger additional, even more severe forest fires.

Forest fires cause snow to melt earlier in the western U.S.

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