Rime Ice on Mount Javornik, Slovenia: Marko Korošec’s Frozen Summit
In December 2014, Slovenian weather photographer Marko Korošec went up Mount Javornik after a spell of high winds and freezing fog and foun...
ice science
Frozen Soap Bubbles: The Science of the Snow-Globe Effect
Blow a soap bubble on a bitterly cold day, set it down on ice, and within seconds feathery crystals begin to swirl across its skin until th...
Striped Icebergs: Why Antarctic Ice Shows Blue, Green and Brown Bands
Most icebergs are white, some glow blue, and a few in the Southern Ocean carry bold stripes of blue, green, brown or black. In 2008 the Nor...