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I had to point out that we have not really had snow all winter; what they were calling snow is really something known as rime ice. Rime ice? Wait, wait! Is this a Lowenfels nerd column about what ...

A photo shows the landscape of the indoor rime ice laboratory at the Jilin Beishan Four Seasons Cross-country Ski Park in Jilin city, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Jilin's rime ...