Increasing dust speeds melting of mountain snow
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 16:21
in Earth & Climate
Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants so they can blossom and renew their species.
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