Australia has already clinched its best-ever Winter Olympics with five medals. A US-based judicial body has revised a ...

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

The science behind why every snowflake is one-of-a-kind.

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

Are you more likely to have a heart attack shoveling snow over a certain age? Here's what doctors recommend.

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 ...

Melting mega-piles of grimy road snow can release weeks worth of salt, oils (and dog poop) in what one scientist called a ...

The Sierra Avalanche Center has hired local avalanche professional Wendolyn Antibus as the organization’s education manager.

On Feb. 5, 1976, S.F. residents awoke to a surprise snowfall. Columnist Peter Hartlaub and meteorologist Anthony Edwards ...

As Canada experiences record snowfall, new research from the University of Waterloo suggests that tiny amounts of industrial pollution trapped in snow can change how sunlight reaches the ground below ...

Traces of black carbon in snow can alter the light reaching plants, potentially shifting growth patterns and reshaping ...

When you look out across a snowy winter landscape, it might seem like nature is fast asleep. Yet, under the surface, tiny ...