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After Wildfires, Burned Trees Could Hurt Water Supplies

Studies show that snow in a burned forest melts up to several weeks earlier than snow in a healthy forest. The burned trees no longer provide much shade and release small amounts of carbon. These conditions mean the snow absorbs, or takes in, more sunlight.

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Wildfire trees and water supply

With less tree cover and more particulates, experts say there is less and less snow for communities that depend on it for water.

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After wildfires, scorched trees could disrupt Western water supplies

After wildfires, scorched trees could disrupt Western water supplies
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Scorched forests may contribute to reduced water supplies

TWIN BRIDGES, Calif. — In a California forest torched by wildfire last summer, researcher Anne Nolin examines a handful of the season s remaining snow, now darkened by black specks from

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Albedo effect: Trees burned in California fires could affect snowmelt

As climate change fuels the spread of wildfires across the West, researchers want to know how scorched trees might disrupt water supplies, snowmelt.

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