The influence of the changing climate on individual snowstorms has been uncertain, in part due to the use of coarse model simulations. Now, research employing more detailed simulations finds fewer and smaller snowstorms as a result of warming, with a reduction in the amount and extent of extreme snowfall.
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Baxter, M.A. Warming shrivels future snowstorms. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 494–495 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0788-y
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