This prestigious reputation has served it well for as long as the Tlingit were the only people to hunt the woods. However, recently the more accurate description would be “wet, dark winters”. the incredible lack of snow over the past few winters have been alarmingly low, which in turn effects two major things. Snowfall provides the city and borough of Juneau water by melting, flowing down into huge water basins and getting distributed out from there. There has never been a water shortage due to the amount of snow that piles up on the surrounding mountains which continues to melt all summer long. In 2014 Juneau had its first ever water shortage, advising people to not wash cars, water plants. As a result of this the city made two new wells to prepare for warmer winters of the future. The second big effect that the low snow accumulation winters have is the amount of snow that falls on the glaciers, compacting therefore forming new ice. Both these reasons have been hugely impacted by climate change even if it has only been a few
This prestigious reputation has served it well for as long as the Tlingit were the only people to hunt the woods. However, recently the more accurate description would be “wet, dark winters”. the incredible lack of snow over the past few winters have been alarmingly low, which in turn effects two major things. Snowfall provides the city and borough of Juneau water by melting, flowing down into huge water basins and getting distributed out from there. There has never been a water shortage due to the amount of snow that piles up on the surrounding mountains which continues to melt all summer long. In 2014 Juneau had its first ever water shortage, advising people to not wash cars, water plants. As a result of this the city made two new wells to prepare for warmer winters of the future. The second big effect that the low snow accumulation winters have is the amount of snow that falls on the glaciers, compacting therefore forming new ice. Both these reasons have been hugely impacted by climate change even if it has only been a few