The phrase
"less snowfall" means that there is not as much snow as usual or compared to a specific amount.
Full definition
While most areas in the Northern Hemisphere will likely
experience less snowfall throughout a season, the study concludes that extreme snow events will still occur, even in a future with significant warming.
A feedback mechanism ensues in
which less snowfall and more rain would cause the ice to disappear more quickly than it was being replaced, leading in turn to further drops in elevation.
Hang on... we've been told for years by apparent top climate scientists to
expect less snowfalls, climate models predict warmer winters, ex-politicians claiming ice - free polar caps, hand - wringing news articles of children who would never experience snowfalls, on and on... but now we're expected to believe exactly the opposite because that's what's happening now.
East Antarctica's ice sheet is about as thick as West Antarctica's, but the region sees
much less snowfall, so the annual rings are wafer - thin or even indistinguishable.
Regina Rochefort, a National Park Service science adviser at Mount Rainier, said the meadows surrounding the famous peak have been shrinking because
of less snowfall and shorter periods of snow cover.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo noted that because the storm ended up shifting west, there was
less snowfall in the city and Long Island and more in the Hudson Valley and the western part of the state.
These plants tended to grow at sites
experiencing less snowfall — such as plots at lower elevations, or along ridges and slopes instead of coves and valleys, where snow tends to accumulate.
Minor winter storms the previous year contributed to
less snowfall, drier soil, and recorded temperatures of more than 30 degrees Fahrenheit higher in some states than in summer 2011.
Last year's mild winter was characterized by above - average temperatures and
less snowfall, encouraging fleas and ticks to «emerge from their dormant life cycles» sooner than they otherwise would have, says Dwight Holcomb, president / CEO of LifePet Organic, Inc., a Pasadena, Calif. - based company that provides all - natural, bio-based solutions for dogs and cats.
As climate changes, places that typically have a lot of snow — maybe up in the Northeast, out West in the mountains, higher elevations — may have
less snowfall and more precipitation falling in the form of rain as temperatures warm.
Petermann is located on the northwest corner of Greenland and certainly experiences less melting and
less snowfall.
Those effects include more rainfall that occurs in heavy downpours, meaning less is absorbed into the earth and more becomes runoff; more rain and
less snowfall in the mountains, which means less melting snow to feed rivers in the spring and summer; and higher temperatures causing more evaporation.
After every extreme year, the snowfall is extreme and the next year or several years has
less snowfall.