You know you’re not supposed to eat the yellow snow, but what about this pink stuff? Image: Will Beback At Scientific American, Jennifer Frazer tells of stumbling upon pink snow in Colorado a few ...

Pink snow is appearing in the Italian Alps, offering clues as to mankind's impacts on the planet's climate. The snow changes color due to algae blooms which absorb even more heat and then melt more ...

Better than yellow snow but still not recommended for human consumption, pink snow is a fairly common springtime sight in Colorado. It has nothing to do with an explosion at a food coloring factory, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not a trick of the light and you are not going crazy, pink snow does exist. In the spring and summer months, snow in Whatcom ...

Patches of snow in Utah's mountains have turned pink. And while the so-called "watermelon snow" spotted on Tony Grove Lake may look pretty, it could indicate bad news for the environment.

Scientists are investigating after a mysterious pink snow appeared on top of an Italian glacier, which they believe is being caused by algae. The pink layer of snow across the Presena Glacier near ...

SEATTLE — Researchers and volunteers are working to gather and test samples of algae blooms often referred to as "pink snow" to learn more about its life cycle. In time, that data could be used to ...

My best friend and I always talk about how the color pink is a soothing balm in a chaotic world, so I hate to deliver this little dash of doom. Recent photos captured of the rose-colored snow at the ...

If you were to trek up the Italian Alps right now, you’d find your boots covered in bizarrely pink snow. While it’s a beautiful touch that turns the mountaintops into an alien landscape, Earther ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Western Washington University environmental science professor Robin Kodner about algea that is turning snow pink at high altitudes. You've heard of white snow, maybe even gray ...