You have heard over the last week that salt is not effective at melting snow below 15 degrees, but scientifically, why is ...

If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers ...

A pair of US researchers have developed a new model to tackle a deceptively simple problem: how a small block of ice melts while floating in calm water. Using an advanced experimental setup, Daisuke ...

Researchers working on Kyrgyzstan's Adygene Glacier measured about 36 centimeters of ice loss in just 20 days.

Try these five common household items to melt snow and ice after the winter storm: A simple solution of warm water, ...

Candace Owens faced a wave of mockery online after sharing a baffling post about ice in Connecticut. The conservative ...

Each February, a narrow waterfall on the side of a granite cliff in Yosemite National Park briefly appears to have caught fire. The effect lasts only a few minutes, appears on select evenings, and ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...

A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms.

Tungsten (W, atomic number 74) has the highest melting point of all the elements, melting at 3,422°C (6,192°F or 3,695 K), which is a long way above rhenium (3,182°C) or tantalum (3,017°C). This ...

Glaciers hold 69 per cent of the world’s freshwater and are melting at a rapid rate. As the roof tops of the world melt away, the consequences are many. This year’s theme for the United Nation’s World ...

Iran faces a severe water crisis due to decades of mismanagement and the worst drought in 60 years. Tehran, home to 10 million people, has started water rationing, and officials warn of possible ...