Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds

during the preindustrial period from 1850 to 1900, says the study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The size of the impact surprised the study’s lead author, Adrienne Marshall, who is a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at the School of Mines. She expected continue reading …