Atmospheric conditions affect how snow crystals form and what happens to them as they fall to the ground. Snow may fall as symmetrical, six-sided snowflakes, or it may fall as larger clumps of flakes.

What are snowflakes? Every winter, the world gets a shower of white, delicate crystals from space that turn the ground into a winter wonderland. But how many of us have really thought about how ...

Winter is the perfect time of year for gazing at icy evergreen trees, drinking warm beverages by a roaring fire, and dropping 3-D printed fox skulls into the snow. At least, that last activity was ...

The contest asked people to submit photos of their snow creations made during this past winter's big storms. Nearly 100 entries were submitted and then it was open to voting. Our first-place winner ...

In the beech woods of Japan’s northernmost island, you’ll find a small workshop often buried in more than six feet of snow. The white stuff is the legendary “Champagne” powder that has made Niseko, ...

A reduction in the amount of fresh, light-colored snow in parts of Greenland is exposing older, darker snow. The research reports on new weather patterns and explains how the changing shape of ...

Winter is the perfect time of year for gazing at icy evergreen trees, drinking warm beverages by a roaring fire, and dropping 3-D printed fox skulls into the snow. At least, that last activity was ...

The snow cave is one of the quickest emergency shelters that you can build in the backcountry to escape impending bad weather. It requires the fewest tools and can be built with minimal exertion.