Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Melting mountain ice is bringing ancient secrets to the surface. Archaeologists are racing to find the artifacts before they're lost to time

A brown leather loafer came into view on a patch of ice high up in Norway’s Innlandet Mountains. As soon as local hiker and ...
AOL

How does snow melt when temperatures are still below freezing?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Snowfall and cold temperatures are familiar parts of winter, but sometimes — even when the thermometer reads below freezing — snow and ice still melt. Meteorologists say this ...
The Moscow Times on MSN

Snow melt triggers flooding in Far East Russia’s Buryatia

Melting snow has triggered flooding between the southern shores of Lake Baikal and northern Mongolia in Far East Russia’s ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Snow melting options: Why what you use during snowstorms matters to your concrete

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - With temperatures expected to remain in the teens for the next few days, the choice of snow-melting products for driveways and sidewalks is crucial. At Ace Hardware in ...
WRAL

Snow begins melting, and people take photos with the rare snow!

Impacts from the snow are lightening up as the sun begins to melt away some of the thickness. Some people in North Carolina have never seen this type of snow before, so some sent in photos of ...

Oregon’s snowpacks are melting weeks early. Here’s what it means

Oregon’s already diminished snowpack is disappearing weeks earlier than normal, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
WZZM

DIRTY SNOW | Melting snowpack is causing poorer air quality

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Believe it or not, air quality has been poor across the state of Michigan. Not because of wildfire smoke or ozone, though, but rather, melting snow! The warmer weather and ...