There was also an unusually large amount of mass loss during the 2010 summer due to extensive melting of snow and ice. (skepticalscience.com)
Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. (businessinsider.com)
In the U.S., scientists believe that the reduced snowpack and early melting of snow in the Sierra Nevada was one of the factors behind the long, extreme drought that began affecting California in 2011. (ucsusa.org)