Trees in snowy, mountainous areas, such as these near Cotton Creek in the Columbia Mountains, help keep floods under control. A new study shows that deforestation makes large floods more frequent. Credit: Kimberly Green New research suggests that cutting down swaths of forest in snowy regions at least doubles –...

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