Eurasian autumn snow has been widely regarded as a source of East Asian winter predictability, yet its influence is strongly non-stationary. Here we show that this non-stationarity reflects a ...

On a cold winter day, it's easy to think of the landscape as frozen, silent, and asleep. Snow covers our fields and forests, trails crunch underfoot, and most signs of life seem to disappear. But just ...

Weather is more than just a colorful chart on your television screen or crossing your fingers for a snow day. Winter comes with temperature drops, bird migration, and bundling up. Here, winter also ...

Snow algae are microalgal communities that colonise seasonal and perennial snowpacks across polar and alpine regions, where they drive key biogeochemical processes and influence the physical ...

When it comes to global warming trends, the Arctic is a troubling outlier. The Arctic warms nearly four times faster than the global average, and aerosols play an important role in that warming.

“In winter, things are down to their essence and their bare bones,” said David Lamon, the manager of the Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden, Maine. For those in Northern climates, the outdoors in ...

You might notice something unusual on the ground after a winter storm, white shapes that look like logs, Swiss rolls, or rolled-up carpets. These are called snow rollers, and they’re essentially ...

This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow. Snow on the ground, or the lack thereof, can have huge ...

A green long-jawed orbweaver spider was spotted hunting on top of snow in the Northeast. These spiders produce a natural antifreeze, allowing them to remain active in freezing temperatures. They ...