Not Coming to a Campus Near You
Not only are we unlikely to see snow on campus, according to a recent UCLA report, snow in the mountains around LA in winter will be diminishing:
…The projected snow loss, a result of climate change, could get even worse by the end of the 21st century, depending on how the world reacts. Sustained action to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions could keep annual average snowfall levels steady after mid-century, but if emissions continue unabated, the study predicts that snowfall in Southern California mountains will be two-thirds less by the year 2100 than it was in the years leading up to 2000. “Climate change has become inevitable, and we’re going to lose a substantial amount of snow by midcentury,” said (Alex) Hall, a professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. “But our choices matter. By the end of the century, there will be stark differences in how much snowfall remains, depending on whether we begin to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.”…
That’s the way it is, deer:
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