If water were currency, glaciers and snowpack would be savings accounts. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Glaciers and snowpack are water in the bank… on this CurrentCast. Imagine water is currency. Rain is like having cash in your pocket, and it comes and goes. But snowpack is our banking equivalent of a checking account, accumulating …
Tag Archive: climate change
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Nov 16
Snowpack Declines in the Rocky Mountains
There’s a downside to those early, “unseasonably” warm spring days. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Most of us cherish warm spring days, but there’s a downside… on this Currentcast. When it comes to fresh water, high mountain areas act as reservoirs – holding water in the form of winter snow, and then slowly releasing …
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Sep 10
Mapping Coral Reefs
A new project is using Google’s street view technology to map the world’s coral reefs. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Dive into the ocean from your computer…on this CurrentCast. Working with Google’s Street View, experts developed a 360-degree camera system mounted on an underwater scooter to record images as never seen before. In a five …
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