FARGO — Frost and snow are made of ice but form as intricate crystals, whereas ice that forms on a lake or a puddle is more of a hard blob of water. Impurities aside, water is made of water and ice ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has ...

Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting scientists' ability to forecast weather and model climate change. Subscribe to ...

Learn how to make ice crystals in the wintertime with this fun science craft video! Ever wanted to know how ice crystals form? Well, now you can make some of your own! Make your own ice crystals and ...

Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede ...

When scientists squeezed a drop of water between two diamonds to endure pressures tens of thousands of times higher than ...

Scientists in Japan have used a global climate model to show that dust from land without snow cover in the Arctic is a major source of particles that form ice crystals in Arctic low-level clouds. This ...

Rare and remarkable light pillars caused by ice crystals have been spotted in New England. Posted on X (formerly Twitter) by WPTZ meteorologist Marissa Vigevani, the images show an array of dazzling ...

The other day I posted a bragging-type sunset picture taken from our backyard and posted it. Someone skipped the killer reds and oranges and noted all the pretty white snow covering everything. I had ...

As rockets launch and travel through the layers of the atmosphere, the exhaust particles can act as cloud 'nuclei,' aiding in ...

Have you ever wondered why certain types of precipitation form? Well, the difference between rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow all boils down to the temperature of the atmosphere. All precipitation ...