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Where did the snow go? Researchers probe gap between snowfall, runoff
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High in the mountains above Crested Butte, Colo., a team of scientists trudges single file through the whiteout, following a chain of orange flags marking the route. During some portions of the trek, the snowglobe conditions make it hard to tell where the sky ends and the ground starts. But after a
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