Salt spread on roads and sidewalks to melt snow and ice wreaks havoc on local streams and groundwater, not to mention our ...

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When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms.

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Salting roads, sidewalks, and driveways only melts ice and snow in certain conditions. It could even make conditions more ...

A windshield covered with ice and snow can be daunting or hazardous. Here's how to deal with it before you hit the road ...

It may not approach their magnitudes, but Sunday’s snow-and-ice cold brew is expected to bear eerie similarities to some of ...

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The storm began in Texas and Oklahoma on Friday evening, Jan. 23, bringing heavy sleet and snow to the region.

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Bitter temperatures and amounts of snow and freezing rain made the weekend storm impactful, the state's climatologist said.