Sentences with phrase «earlier snowmelt reduce»

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Overall, aquatic ecosystems in western North America are predicted to experience increasingly earlier snowmelt in the spring, reduced late spring and summer flows, warmer and drier summers, and increased water temperatures — all of which spell increased hybridization between these species.

Mark Flanner, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan who did not participate in the research, said that several factors could reduce albedo of existing ice, including earlier snowmelt and melt ponds on top of the ice.

Reduced snowpack and earlier snowmelt (see Water chapter) may further limit any potential gains in productivity.

«While this may not sound like much, it has been enough to reduce winter snowpack, cause earlier snowmelt, and lengthen the summer drought.»

But snowmelt water is seasonal, and the price - reducing effect of hydropower lasts only a few months a year, typically in late spring and early summer.

Because of its cold - adapted features and rapid warming, climate change impacts on Alaska are already pronounced, including earlier spring snowmelt, reduced sea ice, widespread glacier retreat, warmer permafrost, drier landscapes, and more extensive insect outbreaks and wildfire, as described below.

Rising temperatures are also leading to reduced mountain snowpack and earlier snowmelt in the West.