When the Snow Won’t Melt, New York Brings Out the Hot Tubs

The hot tub — officially, the Trecan Combustion 60-PD Snowmelter — arrived from a city garage on Tuesday morning. It took 30 ...
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New York weather: City resorts to 'hot tubs' to melt mountains of snow as historic freeze continues

The bizarre technology is being deployed by city officials to tackle the mountains of snow that dot the city as the freezing spell is set to continue ...

Snow ‘hot tubs' are being used help clear NYC streets. How do they work?

Typically after it snows, temperatures eventually get at least warm enough to melt some of the accumulated snowfall to help ...
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Olympians and scientists explain how machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier

U.S. Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science ...

Climate change is making the Winter Olympics harder to host

Fewer countries will be cold enough to produce enough snow, even with machines. See where.