Let It Snow! The Science of Winter

Snow -- that icon of winter -- blankets the land with a beautiful silence. We all depend on snow. Our year-round water supply largely comes from snowmelt, and many spring flowers need the nutrients in snow to bloom. Species as small as fungi and as large as moose require snow. More at /news/special_reports/snow/?WT.mc_id=USNSF_51
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Source: NSF News - January 24, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news