This story was originally published on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license. Creeks, rivers, and lakes that are fed by melting snow across the American West are already running low as of mid-July 2021, much to the worry of farmers, biologists, and snow hydrologists like me. This is not surprising in California, where snow levels over the previous winter were well below normal. But it is also true across Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, which in general received a normal amount of snow. You’d think if…
