WHITE OUT - DARWIN DAILY

Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)

Now the University of Utah atmospheric scientist is unlocking the mystery of how snowflakes move in response to air turbulence that accompanies snowfall using n...

Record-breaking cold hits northern China

Dec 20, 2023 (AFP)

The national weather office said subzero temperatures smashed records at five stations in the provinces and regions of Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia in the e...

Accurate snow mapping achieved in Switzerland through innovative AI-satellite technology

Dec 18, 2023 (SPX)

The need for more accurate snow data has long been felt in Switzerland, a country where winter tourism and hydropower play pivotal roles. Traditional methods re...

Freezing temperatures in northern China trigger alert

Dec 16, 2023 (AFP)

The freezing weather comes on the heels of this winter's first snowfall in Beijing, where the public transport system faced delays, flights were cancelled and s...

At least four dead in Germany in crashes on icy roads

Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)

Two men died when their car crashed into a lorry on a slick stretch of autobahn heading towards Munich in the southern state of Bavaria, police said. In the Ore...

Heavy snow paralyses parts of southern Germany

Dec 02, 2023 (AFP)

After first suspending flights until noon Saturday (1100 GMT), Munich airport later said it would remain closed until 6:00 am (0500 GMT) on Sunday. In total, 76...

A dozen dead in storm across Russia, Ukraine and Moldova

Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)

Dubbed the 'storm of the century' by Russian media, the violent weather has lashed the southern regions of Dagestan, Krasnodar and Rostov, as well as the occupi...

First French ski resorts open, but only at high altitude

Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)

Tignes and Val Thorens, which have many runs above 2,000 metres, were the first downhill resorts to open. Cross country trails opened in Bessans on November 4 w...

Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions

Oct 16, 2023 (SPX)

In some scenarios, the researchers predict that the reduction in snowpack will be less than half what has been predicted-good news for the many people who rely ...

Two dead, two missing after avalanche hits Tibet's Mt Shishapangma

Oct 08, 2023 (AFP)

Mount Shishapangma, one of the highest mountains in the world, peaks at 8,027 metres (26,335 feet) above sea level and is entirely located within Chinese territ...

NASA tech lets scientists see snow-water through the trees

Sep 26, 2023 (SPX)

Melting snow provides much of the water that the western United States depend on for agriculture and power. But warming winters due to climate change led to dec...

As planet gets warmer, ski gondola maker goes urban

Sep 24, 2023 (AFP)

A growing number of urban areas are adopting the cleaner, space-saving mode of transport: Doppelmayr's cable cars now glide over London, Mexico City and La Paz....

Australia sees warmest winter on record

Sep 01, 2023 (AFP)

Simon Grainger, a senior climatologist for the bureau, told AFP that the average winter temperature across Australia was 16.75 degrees Celsius (62.15 Fahrenheit...

Climate poses 'high risk' for Europe's ski resorts

Aug 28, 2023 (AFP)

Even if the world caps global heating at the Paris climate treaty target of 1.5 degrees Celsius -- a very big if -- a third of the continent's 2,234 resorts wou...

German city deploys snowploughs after hail storm

Aug 05, 2023 (AFP)

Authorities in Reutlingen, southwest Germany, said a "localised storm with hail and heavy rain" swept over the city centre on Friday afternoon. Images showed th...

Air pollution speeds snowmelt

Jun 28, 2023 (SPX)

Zhang's team relied on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). They also utilized a coupl...

Unveiling snowmaking's water and emissions impact

Jun 07, 2023 (SPX)

Publishing their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Current Issues in Tourism, experts from the University of Waterloo, in Canada, and the University of Inns...

Reduced sea ice in the Barents-Kara seas can increase snow cover in Eurasia

Apr 20, 2023 (SPX)

Specifically, a research team from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources at the Chinese Academy of Sciences used reanalysis data to analyze t...

Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt

Apr 18, 2023 (SPX)

This region was once home to the largest freshwater lake west of the Rockies. But the rivers that fed Tulare Lake were dammed and diverted long ago, leaving it ...

Bodies of three Italian skiers found after avalanche

Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)

The bodies of three men, all Italian, were found early Friday and taken to the city of Aosta for formal identification, a spokesman for the Valdostano Alpine Re...