A blast of cold air from Canada is fueling lake effect snow in several states.
Published Dec 10, 2019
Warmth and moisture from the Great Lakes fueled lake-effect snow, as frigid air from the Arctic flowed south.
Published Jan 2, 2018
This pair of true color images shows spring settling in over Lake Tahoe and the surrounding region in May and June 2010.
Published Oct 21, 2010
Lake Erie’s shallowness not only makes it more prone to fluctuating water levels, but also enables this lake to freeze and thaw more readily than its neighbors.
Published Mar 16, 2007
Though snow droughts kept the ground bare in much of the Northeast, a late-February storm pummeled upstate New York.
Published Mar 2, 2020
A cold air mass brought more snow across the Upper Midwest.
Published Dec 15, 2016
A swath of white defines the path of powerful snow storm in this image from December 7, 2010.
Published Dec 9, 2010
Some towns east of Lake Erie received several feet of snow as cold air passing over the lake sopped up moisture and then dropped it over land.
Published Nov 20, 2014
On December 9, 2006, the southeastern shores of the Great Lakes were lined with streamers of lake-effect snow.
Published Dec 12, 2006
The so-called “black lake” in Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains is often topped with a layer of white.
Published Dec 16, 2019
The white landscape contrasts with the dark and colorful water, which at the time had very little ice cover.
Published Jan 21, 2020
A blanket of white spread across the Sayan Mountains.
Published Nov 6, 2014
Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”
Published Apr 10, 2017
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
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