On January 30, 2026, in Tennessee, USA, @BigNastyWeather shared close-up videos capturing dendrite snow crystals forming during the early stages of Winter Storm Gianna at the National Weather Service ...
“Looking at things at a very, very fast rate allows us to observe weird and wonderful phenomena,” Salamat says, calling the ...
A crazy cold week in Florida brings starker contrails. But it's just winter conspiring against us, not the feds trying to ...
On cold, sunny days, tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere can create breathtaking displays like halos, sundogs, and light pillars.
Rare rime ice and ground-level ice crystals form across Boise as deep temperature inversion creates perfect conditions for dual winter phenomena.
North Carolina is expected to see some more of the white stuff this weekend. Here's how it is formed and if could ever be too ...
Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions ...
Discover how ice crystals and winter skies create sundogs, sun pillars and halos — and when to look up from the Nature Center ...
Chances are that all your encounters with frozen water—while trudging through slushy winter streets, perhaps, or treating yourself to cool summer lemonades—have been confined to one structural form of ...
Like frozen lily pads, Michigan's Great Lakes and inland water bodies, can form what's known as "pancake ice" under the right frosty conditions. Pancake ice is common in northern states, National ...
For years, researchers have provided contradictory evidence about the “premelting film” of ice, its thickness and whether it ...