As surface air temperatures rise above 0°C, snow and ice cover melts, resulting in the appearance of snow/ice-free barren and vegetated areas. These newly exposed surfaces release increased amounts of ...
Scientists have identified proteins from common soil fungi that can initiate ice crystal formation in clouds at relatively ...
A team of atmospheric and microbiological researchers, led by Alex Huffman of the University of Denver, Anna Kunert, and Janine Fröhlich-Nowoisky of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, has ...
Researchers explain a new mechanism for ice formation. Ice can form near the free surface of a water droplet via small precursors with a structure resembling ice 0. These are readily formed by ...
NEW ORLEANS, March 20, 2024 — From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water’s ...