The climate of Earth is changing; fewer days of snow cover is yet another indicator.
Published Jan 3, 2014
High-latitude springtime snow cover declined substantially between 1967 and 2012.
Published Jan 8, 2013
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
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
Snow and ice play an important role in keeping our planet cool, though not in the way you might think.
Published May 19, 2011
First-of-a-kind maps show how the depth of this insulating snow layer changes from month to month.
Published May 27, 2020
This pair of maps shows average percent snow cover in December 2008 and February 2009, the first and last months of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Published Mar 6, 2009
What a difference one year has made in the snow cover over North America.
Published Mar 30, 2012
