Tree rings record changing snowpack, research finds
Greg Pederson sees the recent publication of his research on snowpack declines in the West as a prime opportunity to reiterate the difference between climate and weather in this record-setting wet spring.
Pederson, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Bozeman, was the lead author of a paper published last week in Science magazine detailing the decline in snowpack observed by examining tree rings from the watersheds of the Columbia, Missouri ...
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...the apparent overlap given between the dates of the "Medieval Warm Period"(950-1250) and the Little Ice Age(1150-1850) given in the article can probably be explained by fluctuating mini warming and cooling trends within those time spans. The weather channel carried an interesting documentary on the subject, giving greater detail of the effects on agriculture and human living conditions in Europe.