Have you ever noticed how peaceful and quiet things seem when snow is falling ?It's not your imagination, it really is quieter out when it's snowing. Snow flakes absorb soundwaves as they fall and ...

When a snowstorm is in progress, falling snow greatly diminishes the distance that sound waves will carry. Snowflakes absorb and block the sound waves. Heavy rain has a similar effect. When the ground ...

I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

The good news is that it is the snow plow, pushing all the snow from today’s 8-inch snowfall off the street. Yes! You are not stranded at home any longer, and can exit your subdivision without getting ...

Have you ever stepped outside while a light snow was falling or went out to shovel the driveway shortly after snow had fallen? You may have noticed it was quieter than normal. There is a scientific ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes when we have lowland snow on the way, it's a slam dunk: a huge blast of modified arctic air starts flowing in from Canada, coinciding with a big shield of precipitation curling ...

“We’re very excited,” says Oriol Tarragó, the sound designer, supervising sound editor and sfx re-recording mixer for director J.A. Bayona‘s “Society of the Snow.” The film is Spain’s entry for Best ...