Specimen Ridge in Yellowstone National Park. Snow cover not only serves as frozen natural water reservoirs that feed rivers and moisten landscapes but they help reflect warming sunlight. The decline in land mass covered by snow%2C owed to climate change%2C is a contributing factor to global warming.  Photo courtesy Jim Peaco%252FNPS
Specimen Ridge in Yellowstone National Park. Snow cover not only serves as frozen natural water reservoirs that feed rivers and moisten landscapes but they help reflect warming sunlight. The decline in land mass covered by snow%2C owed to climate change%2C is a contributing factor to global warming. Photo courtesy Jim Peaco%252FNPS