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Dust is melting Colorado River snows

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Jonathan P. Thompson
May 02, 2025
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🥵 Aridification Watch 🐫

A new study finds that airborne dust deposited on snow in the Upper Colorado River Basin speeds up spring snowmelt. Regular readers of the Land Desk won’t be surprised by this conclusion, as there are regular mentions here regarding the effects of dust-on-snow in the San Juan Mountains. This study, however, is the first to quant…

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