Winter is arriving in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing chilly winds and heavy snowfall to many regions.
The monster storm brought record snowfall to many areas, including Chicago, perhaps the hardest hit population center.
Scambos explains that, although the Northern Hemisphere experienced significant snowfall in early 2010, spring melt was rapid, exposing land surfaces to sunlight sooner than usual.
Rarely in recent memory has water scarcity been so apparent as this winter, which saw 108 dry days before snowfall on February 9th-the latest to arrive in 60 years.
New snowfall widens the plowing.
By the century's end, they predict snowfall retreating to the Antarctic continent's edge.
For instance, the air at the summit is getting drier, reducing the snowfall that replenishes the ice and reflects solar radiation.
Air travel in the country has also been affected, with at least 19 major airports closed Monday and flight schedules severely disrupted at dozens of other airports because of the snowfall.
The average snowfall here is 10cm a year.
It said the heaviest snowfall had occurred in eastern New Jersey, New York City and western Long Island.
We might have less cold outbreaks, which you might say is a good thing, but it's not such a good thing in regions that depend on snowfall for their water supply.
The Canadian Arctic Archipelago generally receives little precipitation, and the amount of snowfall changes little from year to year.
The chief cause of the current trend was likely to be a fundamental shift in climate, although local changes in cloud cover and snowfall may also be having an effect.
The morning was without light, but the snowfall hung and swayed like a marvelous lantern over the streets.
A heavy snowfall block the main road.
There has been snowfall in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for the past 24-48 hours and it has created quite a contrast of white snow and colorful foliage.
On 3 January last year, the average snowfall in 20 hours can reach 11 millimeters.
A man cleans the street with a snowblower after heavy snowfall in the Thuringian Forest in Oberhof, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. AP / Jens Meyer
Before 2000, the ice on Antarctica is thought to have been roughly in balance overall, with new snowfall balancing ice lost through surface melt and icebergs.
