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Scientists unsure if there is an upper limit to snowflake size

Dec 10, 2018 (UPI)

Why don't they look like the ones on the Christmas tree? And is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? Megan Skrip, a researcher and science communicator at ...

National Weather Service predicts wetter, milder winter for much of the U.S.

Oct 18, 2018 (UPI)

Forecasters predict a warm, wet winter for much of the American South, while mild but dry weather is expected across much of the American West and some parts of...

Spring melts a path through frozen Finnish archipelago

May 02, 2018 (AFP)

When the ice has finally receded, locals farther inland will break out their boats and sail to summer cabins on the islands of the Merenkurkku Archipelago in th...

Snow in the Andes as clean as Canadian Arctic: study

Apr 27, 2018 (AFP)

Following extensive tests along the vast mountain range, which stretches about 7,000 kilometers (4,300 miles) along the western coast of Latin America, experts ...

Humidity, location make all the difference to rain or snow

Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)

32 degrees Fahrenheit is commonly considered to be the air temperature threshold for rain versus snow, thus informing meteorological forecasting and climate sim...

NASA Visualizes the Dance of a Melting Snowflake

Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)

Snowflake research is one of many ways that NASA studies the frozen regions of Earth, collectively known as the cryosphere. Leinonen's model reproduces key feat...

Three Spaniards die in Swiss avalanche

Apr 01, 2018 (AFP)

Police in the canton of Valais said two fellow skiers survived the avalanche, which hit Saturday afternoon as they headed for the Fiescheralp area at an altitud...

NASA satellite spots Eastern Europe's orange snow

Mar 27, 2018 (UPI)

As evidenced by new NASA images, shared online this week, waves of wind-blown Saharan dust have turned the snowy peaks of Eastern Europe orange. Over the last w...

Two skiers swept to their deaths by avalanche in France

Mar 25, 2018 (AFP)

The pair, both French and in their forties, were cross-country skiing in the hills overlooking the town of Modane in the southeastern Savoie region. The avalanc...

Spring snow storm slams US Northeast

Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)

Winter Storm Toby dumped seven inches (18 centimeters) of snow on New York, the US financial capital, by 8pm (0000 GMT Thursday), significantly less than origin...

Warm Arctic means colder, snowier winters in northeastern US

Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)

"Basically, this confirms the story I've been telling for a couple of years now," said study co-author Jennifer Francis, research professor of marine and coasta...

Bulgaria's skiing boomtown sparks dire nature warnings

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

But nature lovers are demanding limits to the growth of the bustling resort carved into the majestic pine forests of Pirin National Park, a UNESCO World Heritag...

Winter storm hits northeast US, halting over 2,500 flights

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

Around 550 flights arriving and departing from John F Kennedy International Airport -- nearly 42 percent of the total scheduled -- were canceled by 7:00 pm (240...

New study: Snowpack levels show dramatic decline in western states

Mar 05, 2018 (SPX)

Since 1915, the average snowpack in western states has declined by between 15 and 30 percent, the researchers say, and the amount of water lost from that snowpa...

Two dead, one missing after avalanches in French Alps

Mar 04, 2018 (AFP)

The deaths add to the toll in the French mountains from avalanches since Friday. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, on Twitter, urged all those taking part in wi...

Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists

Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)

After heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe, conditions marginally improved in some regions on Friday -- although temperatures generally remained su...

At least 5 dead as storm brings wind, floods and snow to US Northeast

Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)

Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts with winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and high wind warnings in effect from...

Deadly blizzards lash Europe, air travel disrupted by snow

Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)

The snowstorms, unusual for much of Europe at this time of year, left roads blocked, thousands of drivers stranded and schools shut, with weather agencies predi...

Europe braced for fresh blizzards as deadly ice blast strands travellers

Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)

Schools are shut and weather agencies predict the brutal cold will continue as the death toll from the freezing snap rose to around 48 since last Friday, with i...

'Beast from the East' sends Siberian cold blast across Europe

Feb 28, 2018 (AFP)

The frigid temperatures, down to minus 24 degrees Celsius (minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Germany and minus 29 in Estonia overnight, have prompted war...