NEVADA CURRENT: Dust is speeding up snowmelt in the Colorado River, University of Utah study finds Nevada Current Colorado River April 24, 2025by Kyle Dunphey, Nevada Current Researchers at the University of Utah recently published a first-of-its-kind study that measures the impact...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: New study finds Rocky Mountain snow contamination Desert Research Institute Colorado River April 2, 2025An examination of Rocky Mountain snow finds higher contamination levels of mercury and others metals in the northern part of...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Wet March boosts Colorado snowpack, streamflow forecasts Aspen Journalism Colorado River April 13, 2024Runoff still depends on temperature, dust on snow By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The month of March in Colorado was...
EOS: Dust Is Melting Snow—And Current Models Can’t Keep Up American Geophysical Union Hydrology October 25, 2023Mountain snowpack melts quicker when coated in dust. This cyclical problem is forcing water forecasts to evolve. By Kara West,...
NASA: Dust on snow controls springtime river rise in West NASA/JPL Colorado RiverHydrology January 23, 2018By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the...
