Groundwater dominates snowmelt runoff and controls streamflow efficiency in the western United States

Groundwater dominates snowmelt runoff and controls streamflow efficiency in the western United States

Abstract Climate change in seasonally snow-covered mountain catchments is reducing water supply and decreasing streamflow predictability. Here, we use tritium age dating to show that contrary to the common assumption that snowmelt quickly contributes to runoff, streamflow during snowmelt in western...

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Main Authors: Paul D. Brooks, D. Kip Solomon, Stephanie Kampf, Sara Warix, Carleton Bern, David Barnard, Holly R. Barnard, Gregory T. Carling, Rosemary W. H. Carroll, Jon Chorover, Adrian Harpold, Kathleen Lohse, Fabiola Meza, Jennifer McIntosh, Bethany Neilson, Megan Sears, Margaret Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02303-3
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