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If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

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If You’re Eating Icicles, You’re Eating Bird Poop

What's the Difference Between a Snowstorm and a Blizzard?

Blizzards and snowstorms have some things in common.

What's the Difference Between a Snowstorm and a Blizzard?

What Is a Bomb Cyclone?

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What Is a Bomb Cyclone?

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

A wildfire near Shaver Lake, California, earlier this month.

5 Ways to Help Victims of the West Coast’s Wildfires

Meet Asperitas, the Trendiest Addition to the Cloud Atlas

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It Was 130 Degrees in Death Valley This Weekend—Likely the Hottest Temperature Recorded on Earth Since 1913

Death Valley National Park in California.

7 Facts About the Hurricane Highway

Hurricane Earl (top) and Hurricane Fiona (bottom) pummel the U.S. coast and Caribbean islands.

Expeditions Gather Climate Change Clues on Mount Everest in Two New Documentaries

Team members climb up a slope during the expedition to find Sandy Irvine's remains on Mount Everest.

It Was 100 Degrees in Siberia This Weekend—The Highest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic

A "Pole of Cold" monument commemorating Verkhoyansk as one of the coldest places on Earth.

12 Powerful Facts About Hurricanes

A hurricane bears down on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?

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Snow Kidding: A Polar Vortex Could Hit the Eastern U.S. This Month

You may not want to put your ice scraper away just yet.

Storm Leaves Homes Along Lake Erie Covered in Up To Three Feet of Ice

Houses along Lake Erie's shoreline were pummeled with sheets of icy water during a storm last week.

What is Lake-Effect Snow?

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The One-Day Record Snowfalls In Each State

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Gorgeous Timelapse Shows What a Year in Vermont Looks Like in Two Minutes

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