NASA Satellite Image Reveals Record Low Snow For The United States

A new image released by NASA shows just how little snow cover remained in April. Almost the entirety of Eastern and Midwestern United States is free of snow, while big chunks of Canada also lacked any snow cover.

While scientists stress that a single weather event cannot be linked with certainty to global climate change, trends such as earlier springs (i.e. less snow cover during spring months) are not only expected under climate change, but have been recorded in many parts of the world. Read the full report here.

Source: Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.Com