The snowpack is well below average in nearly all Western states, as higher-than-usual temperatures make for a warm, dry ...

If Northern Hemisphere snow cover keeps reaching the same general highs and lows year after year, that reinforces climate stability. If snow cover instead changes over the long term, the change nudges ...

Parts of the U.S. are getting more snow. Most of the world isn’t. In A Nutshell Across the Northern Hemisphere, areas losing snow cover outnumber areas gaining it by a 2.5-to-1 ratio, based on 43 ...

Scientists find winter snow is becoming less reliable across the Northern Hemisphere, with many regions losing snow cover ...

A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies, making it more vulnerable to wildfires and hurting winter tourism and recreation.

Except for California, most Western states are experiencing the worst snow drought in decades, not because of dry conditions but really warm temperatures that change snow to rain.