Snowflake Growth Successfully Modeled for the First Time
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 07:01
in Earth & Climate
Windswept from cloud to cloud until they flutter to Earth, snowflakes assume a seemingly endless variety of shapes. Some have the perfect symmetry of a six-pointed star, some are hexagons adorned with hollow columns, whereas others resemble needles, prisms or the branches of a Christmas tree. [More]