Friday, January 6th, 2012

Winter Wonderland? Wonder No Longer

Plate XIII of "Studies among the Snow Crystals ... " by Wilson Bentley, "The Snowflake Man." From Annual Summary of the "Monthly Weather Review" for 1902. Photo from NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection

The winter solstice has come and gone, making it officially winter in the U.S., with cooler temperatures, less sunlight, and, in some places, snow, ice, and frost. A panel of experts discusses the different phenomena that combine to make up the season we call winter, and give tips for how best to appreciate the natural world in wintertime.

Guests

Andrew Fraknoi
Professor of Astronomy
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, California

Paul Yeager
Writer and Meteorologist
Author, "Weather Whys. Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities" (Perigee Books, 2010)
State College, Pennsylvania

David Mizejewski
Naturalist, National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia