UK’s longest-lasting snow patch melts for only eighth time in 300 years

Iain Cameron, an expert in snow cover, preparing to measure the Cairngorms ‘Sphinx’ patch in 2019. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Iain Cameron, an expert in snow cover, preparing to measure the Cairngorms ‘Sphinx’ patch in 2019. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

source https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/03/uk-longest-lasting-snow-patch-sphinx-melts-eighth-time-300-years