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

Snow looks white in the way salt, sugar, or crushed ice looks white. Obvious at first glance. Almost boring. But if you stop and think about it for a second, it feels a little strange. Snow is frozen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No two winter storms are alike, making them a challenge to forecast. Similarly, no two snowflakes are the same, varying in size, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Molecule by molecule, snowflakes grow from water vapors in the air and eventually fall to earth. After getting slammed with nearly ...

For years, satellite data suggested that autumn snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was actually increasing — a surprising twist in a warming world. But a new analysis reveals that this apparent ...

Unlocking the secret of snow. As skiers and riders, we all know snow. It blankets the mountains with deep powder during the cold winter months offering endless ground for play. But what if I told you ...

In California and other parts of the West, the fresh water that is provided through snowpack provides clean drinking water, renewable forms of energy and a healthy ecosystem, and one man is ...

Meteorologist Stevie Daniels shares how you can create your own snow using the power of SCIENCE, in this Science with Stevie!

An early week storm brought a blanket of fluffy snow across Colorado's Front Range, creating a winter wonderland and bringing lots of fresh powder for skiers in the high country. But what made the ...

Perched atop Donner Pass, well over 7,000 feet, sits the Central Sierra Snow Lab, a research field station responsible for maintaining the longest running snowpack measurement in the West. Established ...