http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Climate change is not only making the planet warmer, it is also making snowstorms stronger and more frequent, US scientists said on Tuesday. http://phys.org/news218222624.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:40:03 EST news218222624 Last week 30 U.S. states were affected by a massive winter storm. This week satellite images created by NASA provide a snowy panorama of that fallen snow. http://phys.org/news216478812.html Space & Earth Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:01:01 EST news216478812 The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, new research concludes. http://phys.org/news215960552.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:03:33 EST news215960552 It has already been called one of the largest winter storms since the 1950s and it is affecting 30 U.S. states today with snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. NASA satellites have gathering data on the storm that stretches from Texas and the Rockies to the New England states. http://phys.org/news215790629.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:50:57 EST news215790629 The roads are a skating rink where I live! This visible image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite on January 31, 2011 and it shows the low pressure area bringing snowfall to the Midwest US. Heavy snow is expected today in portions of northern Iowa, southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Snowfall from the system extends from Michigan west to Montana, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. A mix of rain and snow also stretches into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, and it is all moving east. This system appears to be as large as 1/3rd of the Continental U.S. http://phys.org/news215778441.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:48:00 EST news215778441 It’s fun to be outside on a beautiful spring, summer, or fall day, riding bikes, playing on a playground, tossing a Frisbee, or just going for a walk with your family. Unfortunately, research has found that the winter months often result in a decrease in adolescents’ physical activity levels due to the weather. http://phys.org/news215289902.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:45:20 EST news215289902 By now, many of you are familiar with the App Store on iTunes - the portal through which Apple Inc. sells mobile applications, or "apps," for its family of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. http://phys.org/news215272521.html Technology Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:10:02 EST news215272521 Known by many as one of the least favorite wintertime chores, shoveling snow can also be hazardous and is associated with many serious, even fatal events among both adults and children. A recent study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found that an average of 11,500 snow shoveling-related injuries and medical emergencies were treated in U.S. emergency departments each year from 1990 to 2006. http://phys.org/news214572050.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:30:08 EST news214572050 In this winter of heavy snows--with more on the way this week--nature's bull's-eye might be Oswego, N.Y., and the nearby Tug Hill Plateau. http://phys.org/news213977097.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:20:01 EST news213977097 Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers. http://phys.org/news213547296.html Technology Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:41:52 EST news213547296 Snowstorms are a time of excitement and wonder for a child: snowball fights, sledding and closed schools. For adults, it’s the dreaded shoveling season complete with aching backs, frozen fingers or worse. http://phys.org/news212152355.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:12:59 EST news212152355 While beautiful to look at, snow turns roadways into skating rinks. Coming to the rescue is the humble sodium chloride, also known as salt, which is far and away the simplest and most frequently used deicing agent on the planet. http://phys.org/news212090289.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:58:31 EST news212090289 With little more than a plastic soda bottle, some fishing line, a sponge, and dry ice, anyone can make it snow, make it snow, make it snow... one flake at a time. http://phys.org/news212076502.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:20:03 EST news212076502 Snow fell in Australia on Monday, as the usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping up from the Southern Ocean, giving the country a taste of a white Christmas. http://phys.org/news212041103.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:18:42 EST news212041103 Apple is planning a January 6 opening for an online shop stocked with software applications that add entertaining or functional features to the firm's Macintosh computers. http://phys.org/news211741995.html Technology Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:50:06 EST news211741995 The upper Midwest was hit by a powerful winter storm this past weekend as more than 17 inches of snow brought down the roof to the Metrodome football complex in Minneapolis. NASA's Terra satellite flew over the upper Midwest the next day and captured an image of that snowy blanket left behind. http://phys.org/news211557168.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:53:07 EST news211557168 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ski season is snow season, and snow season means clouds – exactly what a team of atmospheric scientists in "Ski Town USA" are anticipating. For the next five months, a dense collection of remote-sensing instruments will gather data from the clouds at four different elevations on Mount Werner in the Steamboat Springs ski area. Scientists will use these data to study how clouds – especially those that produce rain and snow - evolve in mountainous terrain. They will use the data to verify the accuracy of measurements used in computer models of the Earth's climate system. http://phys.org/news211130072.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:30:01 EST news211130072 NASA's Terra satellite captures daily visible and infrared images around the Earth and took a daytime image of a blanket of snow in the Upper Midwest this week. Even though astronomical winter is less than two weeks away, the central and eastern U.S. are already experiencing meteorological winter. http://phys.org/news211109197.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:26:51 EST news211109197 Earth observation scientists at the University of Leicester have recorded stunning images of the UK's winter landscape by orbiting satellites. http://phys.org/news210605861.html Space & Earth Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:37:54 EST news210605861 (PhysOrg.com) -- As winter approaches, northern dwellers will get assistance from space to help them face the harsh weather. Satellite information on snow cover is now available through ESA's GlobSnow project soon after it snows. http://phys.org/news208187141.html Space & Earth Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:46:00 EST news208187141 As the Arctic warms, a new cache of resources -- snow goose eggs -- may help sustain the polar bear population for the foreseeable future. In a new study published in an early online edition of Oikos, researchers affiliated with the Museum show that even large numbers of hungry bears repeatedly raiding nests over many years would have a difficult time eliminating all of the geese because of a mismatch in the timing of bear arrival on shore and goose egg incubation. http://phys.org/news208098578.html Biology Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:20:05 EST news208098578 (AP) -- Apple is inviting media to its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters for a Macintosh computer-related event on Oct. 20. http://phys.org/news206205571.html Technology Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:19:49 EST news206205571 On spring winds, something wicked this way comes--at least for the mountains of the Colorado River Basin and their ecosystems, and for people who depend on snowmelt from these mountains as a regional source of water. http://phys.org/news204221415.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:00:02 EST news204221415 US computer giant Apple agreed on Tuesday to deliver computers to customers at massive discounts after mistakenly offering them at bargain prices, according to a Taipei consumer watchdog. http://phys.org/news199455926.html Technology Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:00:04 EST news199455926 Close to 50 years of data show the Devon Island ice cap, one of the largest ice masses in the Canadian High Arctic, is thinning and shrinking. http://phys.org/news190291022.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:20:01 EST news190291022 (PhysOrg.com) -- Hackers had a field day on the first day of the Pwn2Own contest, successfully attacking Safari, iPhone, Internet Explorer, and Firefox. The Pwn2Own contest is an annual event that encourages security specialists to win hardware by successfully attacking it. Hackers register the attack has run by having the exploit code read a particular file on the system. Winners receive cash prizes as well as the hardware. http://phys.org/news188803716.html Technology Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:20:01 EST news188803716 (AP) -- Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast. http://phys.org/news186564757.html Biology Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:42:56 EST news186564757 University of Utah scientists developed an easier way for meteorologists to predict snowfall amounts and density - fluffy powder or wet cement. The method has been adopted by the National Weather Service for use throughout Utah - and could be adjusted for use anywhere. http://phys.org/news186040403.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:10:01 EST news186040403 (AP) -- Forget red and blue -- color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. http://phys.org/news185290035.html Space & Earth Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:27:33 EST news185290035 (AP) -- Five glaring errors were discovered in one paragraph of the world's most authoritative report on global warming, forcing the Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate scientists who wrote it to apologize and promise to be more careful. http://phys.org/news183201942.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:25:54 EST news183201942