But snow isnt the only thing that storms deposit on those mountains.
Metal pollution in the Rockies is relatively understudied, Arienzo said in a Desert Research Institutestatement.
The snow samples showed us that contamination is higher in the northern Rockies, and that was really interesting.
New research reveals that the snow in the northern Rocky Mountains is contaminated by dust from mining activities.© Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Looking at mercury contamination over time helped us say that 2018 is not just a fluke.
Even in the seemingly pristine snow of the Rocky Mountains, humans have left their fingerprints.
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Researchers collecting snow samples in 2018. © Desert Research Institute
