Modern twist on wildfire management methods has a bonus feature that protects water supplies Wildfires are among the most economically costly natural disasters and are becoming more severe and frequent due to global warming. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction estimates that...

At first I was sceptical, as a former fire fighter. It seemed like a sweet "low hanging fruit" approach, but their specs do not lie. So good news, rural jobs, water retention, healthier trees.
phys.org/news/2026-02... #forests #snowcover #treethinning #ruraljobs

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#snowcover #environment
#nature #volcano #Bluesky
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Wild Turkeys Breaking Though Snow To Feed
Quick sketch, watercolor, ink.
#wildturkeys #turkeys #snow #winter #ink #watercolor #sunset #snowcover #traditionalart

“An excellent example of what the future looks like” – snowless valleys and, for now, snowy mountains The snowpack bulletin of the winter shows an above-average snowpack for most of the Kootenay-Columbia. But focusing too much on this high-elevation data risks painting an overly rosy picture.

🧪While this info. is from the Kootenays in BC, Canada, I suspect the same phenomena is happening in many locations. Also tools to contact our Canadian politicians. #climatechange #snowcover #rain #elk #caribou #forests
wildsight.ca/2026/01/27/a...

Current (Jan 26) #snow cover map of the U.S. - #winter #winterstorm #snowcover #howmuchsnow #texassnow #weather - #taxtwitter #accounting #smallbusiness

#Snow has made it like black and white filter work outside the window this morning! #branches #snowcover #snowscape

[8/8] La neige ne disparaîtra pas totalement des Pyrénées, mais son rôle régulateur sera affaibli. L’enjeu est territorial et systémique : il faut adapter la gestion de l’eau, des activités de montagne et des écosystèmes à un climat plus chaud. #geography #snowcover #climatechange #Pyrenees

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Iran's snow cover plummets 98.6% as water crisis deepens Satellite data shows Iran's snow cover has plummeted 98.6% compared to last year, with dam levels at record lows threatening drinking water supplies and agriculture as the country faces an intensifying water crisis.

Satellite data shows Iran's snow cover has plummeted 98.6% compared to last year, with dam levels at record lows threatening drinking water supplies and agriculture as the country faces an intensifying water crisis. Bne IntelliNews #Iran #WaterCrisis #ClimateChange #SnowCover #Drought

Snow Covers Nearly 50 Percent Of Mongolia ULAN BATOR, Oct 23 (NNN-APA) – Nearly 50 percent of Mongolia’s land is now blanketed in snow, the country’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, reported today. “As of Oct 20, at least 46 percent of the country’s total territory has been covered with snow of up to 30 cm thick, increasing a high […] The post Snow Covers Nearly 50 Percent Of Mongolia first appeared on AsiaNewsToday.

Snow Covers Nearly 50 Percent Of Mongolia #Mongolia #SnowCover #WinterWeather #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalMonitoring

Snow cover is a crucial driver for plant species distributions in cold environments. The primary source of snow cover data used in distribution models is remotely sensed satellite imagery, which is characterized by coarser spatial resolutions than plot-scale […]

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Repeated snow-melting patterns. a, b Early summer snowmelt patterns illustrated by a historical postcard from 1900 and a recent photograph from 2024, both taken from a similar vantage point. The black line indicates the north-facing slopes of the Roche Noire catchment. c–e Probability of snow cover for varying values of fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA). This probability is calculated as the proportion of years in which a pixel is modeled as snow-covered during the period 1984–2023 using 30 m resolution satellite images (Methods). Bar plots display the percentage of snow-covered (blue) and snow-free (pale yellow) pixels with a probability greater than 0.9. Pale blue pixels have a probability of being either snow-covered or snow-free below 0.9. The contour in black corresponds to the spotted area in panels (a) and (b). Credit: a, b Editions Gilletta, Nice a; b Jardin du Lautaret, CNRS.

[8/8] Cette recherche souligne l’importance de réévaluer le rôle des champs de neige dans la structure et l’avenir des écosystèmes alpins. Comprendre ces héritages est essentiel pour anticiper leurs réponses au réchauffement actuel. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

Anomaly of greenness and snow cover duration. a Infrared false-color SPOT 5 image (10 m resolution) showing the locations of the three study catchments (Lauzelle, Roche Noire, Mandette) in the above-treeline ecosystems of the southwestern French Alps, located between the Lautaret and Galibier passes. The black square marks the position of the FluxAlp weather station. b Standardized Anomaly of Greenness (SAG) derived from multi-temporal 10 m resolution SPOT 5 images collected during the 2015 growing season. For each pixel, SAG represents the standardized difference between the annual maximum of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the mean NDVI for all pixels in a similar topographic context, defined by elevation within ±50 m and Diurnal Anisotropic Heating within ±0.1 (Methods).

[7/8] Ces effets de « mémoire » compliquent la modélisation de la biodiversité, car ils montrent que les écosystèmes alpins réagissent avec retard aux changements climatiques. Les anomalies de végétation ou de sols sont les traces de ce passé neigeux. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

[6/8] Les champs de neige tardifs couvrent environ 1750 km², une surface proche de celle des glaciers alpins (2080 km²). Ils constituent un maillage de refuges pour la biodiversité froide, bien plus fragmenté que les glaciers. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

[5/8] Les images satellites depuis 1984 et les archives révèlent la stabilité des motifs de fonte, liés à la topographie et au vent. Mais la réduction générale de l’enneigement depuis les années 1980 entraîne un rattrapage écologique accéléré. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

[4/8] Les chercheurs montrent qu’un seuil critique existe : si la saison sans neige dure moins de deux mois, la végétation et les sols se développent difficilement, freinant la fixation du carbone et la biodiversité. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

[3/8] Le manteau neigeux agit comme un isolant pour les sols et un régulateur des flux de nutriments. La fonte détermine la durée de la saison de croissance, conditionnant la survie et la productivité des plantes alpines. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

[2/8] Les Alpes se réchauffent deux fois plus vite que la moyenne mondiale. Depuis 1850, la température a augmenté de 2°C, bouleversant la durée d’enneigement. Depuis les années 1980, les hivers neigeux comparables aux années 1970 ont disparu. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange

Legacy of snow cover on alpine landscapes - Communications Earth & Environment Prolonged snow cover in the southwestern Alps delayed ecosystem development until the 1980s, with current incipient soils and sparse vegetation reflecting a lagged response to recent warming rather than equilibrium with present conditions, as revealed by reconstructing fine-scale snow cover changes over the past 250 years.

[1/8] Des chercheurs du CNRS de l’Université Grenoble Alpes montrent que la neige saisonnière a façonné durablement les paysages alpins. Leur étude sur 250 ans révèle l’empreinte écologique laissée par la durée du manteau neigeux. #geography #Alps #snowcover #climatechange