It appears a pattern of heavy storms in the Pacific Northwest may have obscured the effects of climate change over the past 20 years. Researchers here have identified a southern shift in the jet stream as a source of heavy precipitation that built up snow pack and glacier mass in Washington and Oregon, while they were declining elsewhere.

UW research: Western glaciers losing ice at an increasing rate, but less so in Washington state

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UW research: Western glaciers losing ice at an increasing rate, but less so in Washington state

UW research: Western glaciers losing ice at an increasing rate, but less so in Washington state