For the first time since 1918, snow fell in Buenos Aires, Argentina, late on July 9, 2007. The snow was still there the next morning when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flew over on NASA’s Terra satellite at 10:55 a.m. local time.
Published Jul 11, 2007
Acquired July 22, 2011, and July 8, 2011, these false-color images compare conditions around Lonquimay, Chile, which was buried in several feet heavy snow.
Published Jul 26, 2011
Scientist Tom Painter examines the differences between pure and dirty snow. A rise in dust can be a critical influence on snow-fed water supplies in the American West.
Published Sep 1, 2013
A storm brings high winds and snow to England and Wales.
Published Dec 31, 2014
This satellite map of snow cover shows that every state in the contiguous U.S., except for Florida, received snow in January 2011.
Published Feb 25, 2011
Nearly 500,000 people lost power and gas when a powerful blizzard struck Iran in February.
Published Feb 11, 2014
High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.
Published Jan 8, 2013
