'Snow deluge' years on the decline across the US West, thanks to climate change: Study

While climate change is in general increasing the ferocity and frequency of severe weather events, the same effects may not apply to the massive snow dumps that occasionally pummel the U.S. West.

The quantity of snow that falls during so-called "snow deluge" years — such as the big 2023 snow season in California — is on the decline, according to a new study, published on Monday in the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences. 

“There’s a common narrative with climate...