Image © iStock - XurzonDecades of warnings about what climate change would bring largely went unheeded. The Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University reported that the snowpack peak this year was half of the normal peak, arrived almost a month earlier than usual, and was the lowest peak ever recorded since modern measurements began. The study, published this week, found that climate change makes snow drought about 14 times more likely in the Upper Colorado River Basin, which includes Colorado, site of the Colorado River headwaters. By 2090, climate change could shave more than a month off the state’s ski season, and snow will be poor in quality as well as quantity. The Colorado River, a critical resource for 40 million people, is down to running 20% lower than normal.