At the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, artificial snow could be seen on virtually all slopes. Old habits die hard.

Scott notes that, in some cases, the practice can change the ecological balance of a region, causing, for example, delayed blooms, though the impact is often minor. “When you add to the natural snow ...

Construction of ski slopes and ski jumps with snow cannons ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Credit - Mattia Ozbot—Getty Images Just before the Winter Olympics kicked off, Cortina ...

By the end of the century, all ski resorts across the Alps may be forced to use snow cannons, with dire consequences for local nature. View on euronews ...

In La Nina winters, nature doesn't always provide natural snow to help ski areas open. Across the U.S. and around the world, resorts often use machines to build base depths when nature can't provide ...

It's that time of the year when a lot of us are settling in to rewatch favorite holiday movies. And what would holiday movies be without snow? Fake snow, to be precise. NPR producer Danny Hensel looks ...

With the Earth warming at a record rate, the list of locales that could reliably host a Winter Games will shrink ...

Memphis city council members Pearl Eva Walker and Yolanda Cooper Sutton (and many other people online) say that snow is fake. Sutton recently posted a video on her Facebook page to demonstrate the ...