Last Winter’s Extreme Snow Drought Was a Sign of the West’s Future, Colorado Study Finds

Climate change has made Colorado's severe winter drought far more likely, according to new study

Wildfires sparked this summer are following a warm, dry winter in Colorado. A new study says climate change made the severe winter drought over 4 times more likely.

Global warming unmakes winter in the US West

A new climate attribution study shows that heating from greenhouse gases could drive extreme snow droughts in the region every third year by 2050.

Colorado drought increasingly linked to long-term climate change

Climate change has made a repeat of this year's historic low snowpack 14 times more likely to happen again, Colorado School of Mines researchers say.

Last winter’s extreme snow drought was a sign of the West’s future, Colorado study finds

Record-low snow that plagued Colorado and the West this winter will occur more frequently -- and eventually become the norm -- as climate change fuels warmer temperatures, according to a new study.

Climate change made this year’s snow drought in the Western U.S. four times more likely, new ...

GOLDEN, Colo., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The severe snow drought that gripped the western United States in this past winter was made four times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by researchers…