NEW: Central US Winter Storms February 2021 UPDATED: Arctic Amplification UPDATED: Winter Storm Risk Increase May 8, 2016 Trends and Extremes in Northern Hemisphere Snow Characteristics by Kenneth E. Kunkel, David A. Robinson, Sarah Champion, Xungang Yin, Thomas Estilow, Rebekah M. Frankson, Current Climate Change Reports Provides a hemispheric perspective on extreme snow cover extent (SCE) years based on satellite observations for 1967–2015 Finds there has been an overall negative trend in Northern Hemisphere SCE Read Report Related Climate Signals Snowpack Decline Land Ice and Snow Cover Decline Precipitation Falls as Rain Instead of Snow
