Snow is an insulating blanket, is a thorough source of ground moisture and reflects solar energy back into space that cools ...

In many regions, the majority of summer water supply arrives in winter—frozen, delayed, and critically misjudged. Snow has a ...

When it warms up, the snow disappears. I asked my friend Jennifer Adam what’s going on. She’s a water scientist at Washington State University. She told me snow is frozen water. When temperatures rise ...

Whether you are out of rock salt or you never purchased it, you can still use some household items to melt the ice and snow.

There’s still winter left, but Colorado experts say the state needs some mega snowstorms to reach an average snowpack and water supply.

When summertime turns to winter and a rain barrel becomes a snow collector, it's a logical thing to wonder whether the melted snow can step in for the usual supply of houseplant water. If snow is just ...

Despite the persistent sun and higher-than-they-should-be temperatures, it is officially winter in the High Country, which means it’s hard to go anywhere without participating in or overhearing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California. Eric ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 24 inches of snow depth and a snow ...

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES NOW HAS A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH WATER SUPPLY THE STATE HAS, AND HOW MUCH FARTHER IT NEEDS TO GO TO REACH SOME AVERAGES. A ...

Snowpack in the mountains that feed the Colorado River, the water supply for 40 million people, is off to its worst start in a quarter century. “Very poor snow conditions are out there right now,” ...

A series of late December storms has delivered a welcome boost to California's snowpack and water supply, reversing an early-season dry trend and improving conditions for water managers statewide, ...