It turns out that there’s a whole lot of work that goes into blowing frozen droplets of water onto ski slopes. This is the science of snowmaking. Most anyone who has ever gone skiing or snowboarding ...

While the texture of snow and the shape of snow crystals is determined by things such as the temperature and conditions in which the crystals form and fall, once the snow is on the ground it continues ...

As the deep days of winter set in, millions across the country will have to contend with snow, but they won't all face the same conditions. Some will ski over fluffy snowbanks, while others will find ...

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 ...

Snow days are rare when you live in Hawaii, and so I was pretty excited for a snow day last week in DC. As I was watching the snow fall outside, it put me in mind of another kind of snow, which falls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late-fall into winter is prime time for lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes, and while it's most common in that region, it can ...

Nathaniel Orndorf, a materials scientist at Akron who focuses on ice, adhesion and friction, was interested in the work Dhinojwala’s lab did on geckos, but “we can’t really put geckos on the ice,” he ...

Meteorologists, like other people, deplore the weather, but some of them have designs on it. General Electric Co. scientists recently announced a discovery which might turn weathermen into active ...

The snowmaking crew at Lutsen Mountain gives us an inside look into how they get their runs ready to spin the lifts each day. Late November in the “Land of Ice and Snow,” Minnesota. The radio, mounted ...