New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.

When glacier algae flourish, promoted by the dust, they effectively paint the ice a darker colour, reducing its capacity to reflect sunlight and increasing the amount of heat absorbed from it.

When you hold a lighter or a match to a snowball, the butane, lighter fluid, or wood particles are burning. As they burn, they release soot. Because the snowball is cold, the soot instantly condenses ...

Even with air temperatures below freezing, snow and ice can still melt. Here’s why warm sun, ground heat and humidity matter ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

The surrounding air affects how snowflakes develop. In drier air, growth is slow and produces simple, compact or column-like designs that create dry, powdery snow. Humid air accelerates snowflake ...

China has made advancements in thermal battery technology that can make this specific type of battery far more valuable. Here's what we know.

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a renowned climate scientist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Crafoord Prize — one of the world’s most ...

SiSiC (reaction bonded silicon carbide, RBSIC) spray nozzles are valued for their outstanding wear resistance, corrosion resistance, high-temperature stability, and long service life. Compared with ...

Texas is no stranger to a good thunderstorm. But lightning and thunderclaps mixed with sleet? That's a rarity.

Investors including a16z are betting that nuclear industry suppliers will be the big winners of the AI demand-driven nuclear renaissance.

The recent crimson skies over Ladakh are a visual warning of the Sun's increasing instability. This volatility could pose significant risks to Earth's satellite networks and power grids in the coming ...