Researchers define 'snow eaters,' a category of heat wave that can strip inches of snowpack overnight

Researchers define 'snow eaters,' a category of heat wave that can strip inches of snowpack overnight

A newly defined kind of heat wave is giving scientists a more precise way to describe a familiar, fast-moving threat in mountain regions: stretches of spring warmth that can tear through snowpack almost overnight. Scientists have given these episodes a vivid name — "snow eaters" — that underscores their destructive potential. Here's what to know According to Grist, the first formal effort to define a "snow eater" appeared in Science Advances, wi…