More than 90 deaths this season: Are we seeing more avalanches?
Recent deadly incidents in California and Europe are putting avalanches - and how to avoid them - in the spotlight.
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"There is evidence that climate change will lead to sharper, more intense precipitation followed by long periods without."
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"The main challenge this winter was a very weak snowpack with very persistent weak layers, caused by long periods without new snow and low temperatures."
— Benjamin Zweifel , Academic
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