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

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 ...

No two winter storms are alike, making them a challenge to forecast. Similarly, no two snowflakes are the same, varying in size, shape and texture. One key factor in determining the texture of snow is ...

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

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 ...

The Winter Olympic Games, this year hosted in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, have increasingly had to rely on human-made snow due to climate change. Shrinking snowpacks, rising temperatures, ...

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.

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 ...

After getting slammed with nearly two feet of snow and frigid weather, and with meteorologists tracking another potential storm that could strike Massachusetts this weekend, it's no wonder Bay State ...

It started snowing in the WNEP Backyard just after 4 a.m. Sunday morning, and we had no problem picking up the first few inches as the morning went on. That's because the snow started out very, very ...