We have lots of fun in the snow, but enjoy it while it lasts — it may not be around for much longer
There is something awfully human about snow. It’s capricious, deadly, thrilling, soothing, life-giving, life-affirming, unutterably beautiful and sometimes all of these at once. Like us, it can cause dreadful disappointment by not showing up. Like us, it can infuriate by not knowing when to leave.
Unlike us, it melts. Depending on whose research you trust, snow’s future in an age of rapid climate change could be measured in centuries, or just decades. What is certain is that it will be complicated. Rising ocean temperatures will probably mean more snow, not less, for a finite period in some parts of the