Getting hit by solid ice the size of a baseball would hurt.
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An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and what to do if you’re suddenly being pelted by giant ice chunks falling from the sky.
Scientists could one day find traces of life on Enceladus, an ocean-covered moon orbiting Saturn.
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Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
How can we explain the paradox of a matter that can be sticky and slippery?
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How can the same material, ice, have diametrically different physical properties - sticking and sliding?
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One report says methamphetamine use is rising. Another says it’s falling. So what’s going on?
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Negative attitudes lead to stigma, which sees people who use drugs isolated and marginalised.
Some parts of the U.S. see well over 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snow per year.
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There are an infinite number of paths an ice crystal can take before you touch it.
People walking on a pathway watch crews flood the ice on the Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa on Feb. 17, 2024. The Skateway opened in late January but mild weather and freezing rain forced it to close after only four days.
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Global warming is melting away an iconic cornerstone of Canadian culture — outdoor skating.
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Accidents happen and kids get injured. But how can you tell if it needs an icepack, a physio or a trip to the emergency department?
Condensation and cold combine to create that layer of ice on car windshields in winter.
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When you’re running late in the winter, you don’t want to have to spend time scraping frost off your windshield. Try some expert-recommended techniques instead.
Chicago topped 70 degrees on Feb. 26, 2024. That’s not normal.
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As the climate changes and weather warms, the freezing line is shifting, bringing rain to many regions more accustomed to snow.
A skier at Palisades Tahoe, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics and site of a small but deadly avalanche in 2024.
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A deadly avalanche at Palisades Tahoe, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics, shows the risk as snow layers melt and new snow falls.
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The Peregrine and Nova-C landers are due to carry out valuable science at two diverse lunar locations.
A front-end loader dumps road salt into a truck in Chelsea, Mass.
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Increasing awareness of the dangers ‘forever chemical’ road salts pose to our fresh water systems highlights the urgent importance of finding new approaches to de-icing our roads.
Comet Hale-Bopp was visible from Earth in 1997.
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There’s a flurry of excitement every time a comet comes into view from Earth. But what are these celestial objects, and where do they come from?
Glacial lakes are common in the Himalayas, as this satellite view shows. Some are dammed by glaciers, other by moraines.
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Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.
As climate change increases temperatures, it is important to understand how freshwater turtles survive the winter.
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Freshwater turtles in Canada survive the cold, harsh winters by remaining under ice and conserving their energy. Northern map turtles however, move around constantly beneath the ice.
Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that reveals it’s riddled with fractures.
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Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.
Terminus of the Recherchebreen glacier in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, about 760 miles from the North Pole.
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To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in the distant future.
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The melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will contribute for a long time to sea level rise, which will test humanity’s capacity to adapt.
If you catch a snowflake, take a moment to look at it: It’s a formation no one has ever seen before.
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Molecule by molecule, a snowflake grows and eventually begins to fall. A scientific look at the amazing nature of snowflakes and snow.