Here's Why Snow Removal Is Such a Hard Problem to Solve
Nearly every snow removal method has its drawbacks.
Nearly every snow removal method has its drawbacks.
This winter, take advantage of a feature on your ice scraper you may be ignoring.
We dig into this winter puzzler.
Whether you're enjoying a bout of sunshine, enduring a sudden downpour, or suffering through a drought, the obscure corners of English have the word for you.
Requiring a sufficiently large lake is only the first step in creating the monstrous blizzards known as lake-effect snow.
“I’m sick and tired of hearing that ‘Cheryl was no lady as she devastated such and such a town,’” Roxcy Bolton said. She wasn't alone in her exasperation.
Waffle House can help first responders assess conditions in areas battered by storms—and serve them breakfast.
In order to assign a numeric category value to a hurricane, meteorologists look to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Just five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is again largely without power or clean water. Here’s how to help.
If snow sports and curling up with a good book and steaming mug of tea are your favorite activities, you might want to consider moving to one of America's chilliest states.
The conditions for stifling heat are pretty easy to explain, and so is the solution: Keep cool.
If you’re looking for a change of scenery, don’t underestimate the importance of sunlight.
Few volcanoes had had such a dramatic and devastating impact on the world as Indonesia's Mount Tambora.
Is it really not the heat, but the humidity? With temperatures spiking around the world, it's a good time to answer some questions about the heat index.
One place in Venezuela, near the confluence of the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo, experiences lightning storms almost every day.
We’re all familiar with the phrase “raining cats and dogs,” but what about fish and frogs and raw meat?
If you've ever watched the sun set in the desert, you may have noticed more spectacular colors than you're used to. There's a good reason for that.
A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for March 31, and the northern lights could be visible in parts of the lower 48 states as a result.
It’s kinesiology tape, usually used to relieve muscle pain. But Olympic athletes co-opted it for another purpose.
It's warm, sunny, and nearly spring. Giant piles of nasty, filthy snow are still lining your streets. What gives?
The most metal of all weather events occurred in 2020, when a lightning bolt lit up the sky for nearly 500 miles.
As the saying goes, you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain. But you can have parhelia and circumhorizontal arcs.
Shoveling snow can put quite a damper on a snow day. Here’s a hack to make this chore slightly more tolerable.