An article came out last week suggesting that the particulates blown over from Asia contribute to nucleation of snowflakes in the Sierras, increasing snowfalls. I guess this year the correlations between high pollution in China and high snowfall in the Sierras aren't showing up yet :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/science/earth/chinas-air-pollution-brings-snowfall-to-sierra-nevada.html
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