THE impressive and all-pervading quietness following a fall of snow is a commonplace experience, though, so far as we are aware, no measurements of the sound absorption of snow have been published.
This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow. Snow on the ground, or the lack thereof ...
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This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow ... Read more of her Nature News columns online ...
Passmore previously found that noticing nature improves well-being. But she wondered if people could feel the same positive effects in the winter, a season that can deplete mental health. About 5% of ...
And while that ice cover is needed to slow down the lake-effect snow that has dumped by some estimates as much as two feet of snow on Owen Sound in recent days, it is going to take more ice on the ...
Waking on winter solstice to a hushed world of bright light, we look outside and see fresh-fallen snow. The fluffy new snow is full of air pockets that absorb sound. But that quiet doesn’t last long.