Snow is made of tiny ice crystals that can transform into a variety of intricate symmetrical patterns forming a beautiful ...

When it's really cold, like it was this weekend, the snow-to-rain ratio will be more like 20:1, 20 inches of snow for an inch ...

The surrounding air affects how snowflakes develop. In drier air, growth is slow and produces simple, compact or column-like designs that create dry, powdery snow. Humid air accelerates snowflake ...

When someone says “as white as snow,” it’s easy to envision what they’re talking about. We often think of snow as a dazzling ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...