In this Climate Monitoring video, Deke Arndt, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at the National Climatic Data Center, discusses snowpack in the mountainous western United States from December 2012 through February 2013. In the upper Colorado River Basin, snowpack was about average this past winter and is not going to alleviate last year's low snowfall nor the drought conditions that have persisted since March 2012. In the Sierras and the western Great Basin, drought is emerging due to low snowfall conditions.
Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mountains. Show all posts
March 20, 2013
January 26, 2013
One Day in Yosemite / @YosemiteNPS
On Tuesday, June 26th, 2012, thirty filmmakers spread throughout Yosemite National Park to create this portrait of the park and the people who visit and work there.
January 25, 2013
How Sinkholes like Guatemala happen / @OasisHD
The gigantic sinkhole at Guatemala shocked the world. How are sinkholes formed? Watch the mystery unfold behind one of the largest sinkholes in Guiana Highlands.
December 7, 2012
December 6, 2012
October 12, 2012
October 11, 2012
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