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News Release 12-221
Where Have Our Winters Gone?
Changes in winter hydrology, ecology and biogeochemistry are focus of sessions at American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference
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Winter as we know it: is it going, going...gone?
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Dwarf bluebells: one of the earliest spring-bloomers. Queen bees come to it for nectar.
Credit: David Inouye
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"Zebra stripes" of dust are visible on the snow in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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A Mormon Fritillary butterfly feeds on an aspen fleabane daisy, a main nectar source.
Credit: David W. Inouye, Department of Biology, University of Maryland
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Twelve dust layers in a study plot in Colorado's Senator Beck Basin Study Area.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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Male broad-tailed hummingbird with yellow pollen on its bill, likely from a glacier lily.
Credit: David Inouye
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