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Dirty Ice May Be Ugly, but It Has One Advantage

Freezing water with salt or other impurities yields ice that is easier to loosen from a surface, according to a…

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In Alaska, the Rare Thrill of ‘Wild’ Ice Skating

When a two-week, high-pressure window of cold, clear weather froze lakes south of Anchorage, adventurous skaters, including our writer, were…

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How Shaved Ice Took Over the Dessert Menu

Cold Comfort Food From left: coconut shaved ice with candied basmati puffs at Copra in San Francisco; a parfait made…

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Now Hibernating: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Now Hibernating: Chocolate Chip Ice Cream A staple flavor of the ice cream world has fallen out of favor. Credit...Photo…

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Can $500 Million Save This Glacier?

One day in 2016, a British glaciologist named John Moore attended a meeting in Cambridge, England, that included a presentation…

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Firecrackers and Ice: 5 Must-See Festivals in Asia This Winter

Catch a mountain trout on a frozen South Korean river, witness a fiery pelting of devotees in Taiwan or find…

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A Record-Breaking Warm, Snowless Winter Confounds Midwesterners

Jogging in a T-shirt in Minnesota in December? A scientist called the rare string of balmy days “a visceral feeling…

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Rapid Antarctic Melting Looks Certain, Even if Emissions Goals Are Met

It may be too late to halt the decline of the West Antarctic ice shelves, a study found, but climate…

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Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury?

Americans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something…

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Shaking Ordinary Ice (Very Hard) Transformed It Into Something Never Seen Before

The research illustrates how much scientists still have to learn about a molecule as simple as water.

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