 Poster: A snowHead
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News item at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4874224.stm
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This is only one projection for future Alpine climate, albeit one endorsed by an august scientific panel.
Summers could be cooler, winters could see higher snowfall. |
All a bit confusing. Looks like guessimates to me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nick_C, I read the same article and it was a little confusing, because they mentioned 2 different theories without proper explaination.
From what I was led to believe, is that during the winter these regions will get slightly colder and more snow falls, but the spring temperatures will be higher so that all the ice and snow melts quickly. Rather than slowly melting over the summer resulting in floods in the sping and draughts in the summer.
Although I could be entirely wrong.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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davidb, makes sence to me.
On a purely selfish note(as I dont live in the valleys below) plenty of snow sounds good 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Melting of glaciers could be serious news for people living in or near the Alps.
Without them, the stored water would descend in a rush in spring, as soon as the snow began to melt. |
The proportion of the overall snowfall which actually lands on glaciers is tiny. The vast majority of the winter snowfall 'descends in a rush in spring' already - so the loss of the glaciers would make little difference in this particular respect
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Melting of glaciers could be serious news for people living in or near the Alps.
Without them, the stored water would descend in a rush in spring, as soon as the snow began to melt. |
The proportion of the overall snowfall which actually lands on glaciers is tiny. The vast majority of the winter snowfall 'descends in a rush in spring' already - so the loss of the glaciers would make little difference in this particular respect
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