Antarctica holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, with Russia’s Vostok Station plunging to −128.6°F back in 1983. The sea around and below the icy tundra is a fairly ...

The snow this past weekend was a terrific introduction to winter. It has been so unseasonably warm recently I was afraid I hadn’t moved far enough north. The duality of snow is one of my favorite ...

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 ...

Snow avalanches represent one of the most dramatic manifestations of the Earth's cryospheric dynamics. Recent studies combine experimental field investigations and advanced numerical simulations to ...

I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

Snow is nature’s winter insulation, and most of our plants are accustomed to at least some layer of snow protection before the coldest weather of winter arrives,” Don Kinzler writes ...

Snow rollers are rare because it requires very specific weather and ground conditions for nature to make its own snowballs.

The autumn interlude between the dropping of the leaves until the snow cover, a time that I like to call AutWin, usually lasts about four weeks (roughly from Oct. 20 to Nov. 20), but this year, it ...

Researchers in Poland and the UK found that walking in the snow can have an unexpected effect on your mental health — and ...

Billed as a “Winter Explorers Camp,” staff at the Ney Nature Center knew the lack of snow might test both them and the day-campers. Liz Sheppard, the naturalist at the 446-acre Le Sueur County Park on ...

WEATHER WEARY? Enough snow and ice and wind? Deep zero temperatures and frozen icicles on the eaves? Don’t be weary. Instead, enjoy the whiteness of the snow. Play in it and roll it to make a snowman, ...