It appears that something good can come from something bad. Although rising global temperatures are causing seasonal snow cover to melt earlier in the spring, this allows for the snow-free boreal forests to absorb more carbon dioxide from our atmosphere. The animation shows when parts of the northern hemisphere became snow-free in the spring each year from 1979 to 2015. Blue represents earlier snow melt (January–March) while red depicts later snow melt (June). Discover more: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Melting_snow_aids_absorption_of_carbon_dioxide
