Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they ...

Skiers at Stowe caught a snow devil on the slopes Tuesday.

Learn how, after one of the world’s most sensitive neutrino detectors discovered mysterious radio pulses in Antarctica, ...

More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to be everywhere — strewn along at least 11 miles of highway, embedded in soil ...

One of the most apparent effects of air pollution is acid rain that occurs when rain, snow, mists, or dust become abnormally acidic as a result of substances emitted into the air. The origin of it is ...

Snow and rain tend to announce themselves with spectacle, yet the most consequential effects often arrive quietly, long after the last flake or drop falls. You feel it in the muffled sound of your ...

How bad was wildfire smoke in Oregon last year? New report indicates it will be worse in 2026.

These are both liquid and frozen water droplets. They are at the same temperature, but the frozen droplets contain an ice nucleator. Credit: Boris Vinatzer. You might think water automatically turns ...

Learn how a specific type of fungus can accelerate ice formation at subzero temperatures and lead to advances in technology, such as cloud seeding.

The name Utsukushigahara translates literally as “beautiful field,” and this area in central Nagano Prefecture is on a ...

New York City public schools will be closed Monday for a traditional snow day with a blizzard forecasted to hit the five boroughs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Sunday. Mamdani said while the city is ...