Bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada

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Even as snow becomes less consistent in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, climate change could be making deadly avalanches more common, threatening the recovery of bighorn sheep there.

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife/Steve Yaeger

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