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Jonathan Corbet
corbet
"This winter wasn’t just a bit warm or slightly unusual. It was a complete failure of the cold‑season that the West depends on, and the consequences will extend far beyond a lack of snow along Colorado’s Continental Divide. When winter fails this profoundly, the disruption radiates outward through every system that relies on the steady rhythm of cold, snow, and gradual melt. Water managers lose the natural reservoir that mountain snowpack is supposed to provide, leaving cities, farms, and entire states in the Colorado River Basin facing increasingly uncomfortable decisions about how to stretch a shrinking supply. Reservoirs that should be quietly refilling through winter will instead stumble into this spring underfilled, offering far less protection against the triple punch of summer heat, irrigation demand, and wildfire suppression. Millions of Americans who depend on the Colorado River will feel the consequences of this winter long after our snow-starved peaks fade from the headlines."
https://bouldercast.com/a-complete-failure-of-winter-across-the-west-and-what-it-means-for-the-rest-of-2026/
*sigh*
https://bouldercast.com/a-complete-failure-of-winter-across-the-west-and-what-it-means-for-the-rest-of-2026/
*sigh*
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Siim Ošur
siim@social.osur.ee@corbet It’s interesting you say this. Now I believe the climate problem is bad too but in Estonia, we’ve not had a snowy winter proper for years and this season, it was finally cold for near 2 months straight. We’re in melt for just now. But the problem does exist here too, because it only got white around the start of January. Historically supposed to be since late november. The winter was a shock because most were expecting nothing again.
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Simon Zerafa (Status: 
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simonzerafa@infosec.exchange
None should be going to AI factories for a start. People first.
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