Snowfall has billion-dollar effect on business, Olympians
It's no stretch to say that snow is the key to success for Jon Lillis.
Environment
Dec 19, 2017
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California drought eases due to storms dumping snow and rain
Roaring storms that brought California almost a year's worth of snow and rain in a single month should make state water managers' Sierra snowpack survey Thursday a celebration, marking this winter's dramatic retreat of the ...
Environment
Feb 2, 2017
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6 snowstorm forecast tools to use this winter
Here's a secret for you: At NOAA's National Weather Service, we're like kids when it comes to snow. We love it! If you love snow like we do, become a "snow-it-all" in time for the start of the winter solstice, which starts ...
Environment
Dec 22, 2016
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How to make a faster ski
Although ski season is behind us, serious skiers are already looking ahead to next season and searching for ways to shave split-seconds off their race times. Now scientists may have a new way to help—perhaps in time for ...
Materials Science
May 11, 2016
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Washington's new apple joining a changing industry
Blanketed by winter snow, orchards are mostly idle around central Washington, the production hub of the nation's top apple producing state.
Other
Feb 25, 2016
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Report reveals inner worlds of snow and winter, and their importance to humans and ecosystems
Snow—that icon of winter—blankets the land with a beautiful silence. Love it or hate it, we all depend on snow. Our year-round water supply largely comes from snowmelt.
Environment
Jan 14, 2016
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Peering into the secret world of life beneath winter snows
Snow covers some 40 percent of Earth's land masses year in and year out. And, as scientists are discovering, snow is critical to animals and plants that live in northern latitudes, as well as those in far southern latitudes ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 6, 2016
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Winter weather both toasty and cold; a tale of two nations
It may be hard to believe for a country that's shivering from Maine to Miami, but 2015 has gotten off to a rather toasty start.
Environment
Feb 19, 2015
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Where did the snow go? Blizzard was a miss, but not a bust
In the wild world of winter weather, location is everything, which New York and Massachusetts learned too well Tuesday.
Environment
Jan 27, 2015
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Snow melts faster under trees than in open areas in mild climates
It's a foggy fall morning, and University of Washington researcher Susan Dickerson-Lange pokes her index finger into the damp soil beneath a canopy of second-growth conifers. The tree cover is dense here, and little light ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2013
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