These days artificial snow-making is a standard practice for ski resorts, allowing them to jump-start the early part of the season. Snow guns continuously spray a mixture of cold water Keep reading
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PyeongChang 2018: Moguls
Moguls are bump-like snow mounds featured in freestyle skiing competitions and also frequently found on recreational ski courses. Although competition runs are man-made, most mogul fields form naturally on their Keep reading
Growing Snowflakes
Watching a snowflake grow seems almost magical–the six-sided shape, the symmetry, the way every arm of it grows simultaneously. But it’s science that guides the snowflake, not magic. Snowflakes are Keep reading
Visualizing Flow with Snowfall
One of the challenges in engineering and operating wind turbines is that full-scale turbines rarely behave as predicted in smaller-scale laboratory experiments and simulations. One way to reconcile these differences Keep reading
Fluids Round-Up
New year, new (or renewed) experiments. This is the fluids round-up, where I collect cool fluids-related links, articles, etc. that deserve a look. Without further ado: Above is a new Keep reading
Snowy Deserts
Windblown snow bears a certain resemblance to desert sands or a Martian landscape. Many of the same aeolian processes–like erosion, transport, and deposition–take place in each. The animation above shows Keep reading
Grow Your Own Snowflakes
If your Christmas holiday was a little too green (like mine was), Science Friday has just the activity for you – grow your own snowflakes! With a few materials you Keep reading
Growing Snowflakes
It’s easy to miss the beauty of a snowflake if you don’t take a close look. These tiny crystals form when water freezes onto a dust particle or other nucleation Keep reading
Sochi 2014: Making Snow
Much attention ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics has been dedicated to the question of how this subtropical resort town would provide and maintain adequate snow cover for the Games. Keep reading
Snow Rollers
Snow rollers are nature’s snowballs, formed when high winds roll a chunk of snow along the surface, allowing it to accumulate more and more material. They occur relatively rarely because Keep reading