Around the same time as Russia was manipulating its weather, California's Tahoe Basin, desperate
for extra snow for the coming ski season, ordered, well, more snow.
De Blasio announced that the city is adding $ 35 million to its sanitation budget to account for
extra snow removal costs.
Greene refers to a paper by Cohen et al. that
features extra snow in Siberia as a crucial link between warmer, more open Arctic and alterations in the jet stream.
Most of
the extra snow has fallen on the Antarctic Peninsula, while a smaller amount accumulated on the much drier (but vaster) East Antarctic Plateau.
As if dealing with the bitter cold and
extra snow isn't enough, picking an outfit that feels like spring while the weather desperately clings to winter has it's own challenges.
This appears to show
the extra snow has done little or nothing to compensate for the loss sea ice as far effective albedo is concerned.
The regional distribution gives a better picture of where
the extra snow is falling.
But rather than snow depth to actually increase snow cover, the winds will have to carry
that extra snow down south...
Altered precipitation patterns can also lead to
extra snow, adding depth to both land and sea ice.
«BIG increase in snowfall in Antarctica with «The effect of
the extra snow locked up in Antarctica is to slightly slow a general trend in global sea - level rise.»
Throw in some faux evergreen sprays for
that extra snow season kick.