As snow powers the Winter Olympics, you probably underestimate the simple snowflake. For starters, snow isn't technically ...

Fresh snow can look like a blank sheet of paper, so bright it almost hurts to stare at in midday sun. Yet at the microscopic level, those flakes are not white at all, and the color we think we see is ...

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms ...

A new peer-reviewed study examining regional snow cover trends across the Northern Hemisphere suggests shrinking snow coverage and seasonal shifts in when the wintry layer comes and goes.

State Climatologist and Professor Baker Perry answers questions about the science of snow in the Sierras, and how different weather patterns affect local snowpacks.

New England has had a rough few winters. A succession of powerful nor’easters have buried cities, knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people, and prompted inevitable questions about whether ...

Faculty at Mississippi State University are continuing work at the intersection of mathematics, statistics, and climate science with the publication of a new study examining regional snow cover trends ...

Colorado’s mountains had record low snow levels, while Salt Lake City and Phoenix were among the cities who had their highest ...

Keith Musselman receives funding from the National Science Foundation. He is a member of the Science Alliance for the non-profit Protect Our Winters. Agnes Macy receives funding from the National ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nor’easter smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with ...

Call it beautiful, annoying, inspiring or dangerous, snow is anything but boring. And that's even before you start learning more about the science behind it. Olympians and everyday Americans know snow ...