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Snow Day Special!

Massachusetts is getting pummeled with wind and snow in a genuine blizzard today, so we have a snow-themed special to keep you company.

Under the ice: Jason Stolarski & Julie Wood explaining everything that goes on under the ice when the Charles River freezes over. Jason is a project leader for the MassWildlife Watershed Project, and Julie’s Climate Resilience Director for the Charles River Watershed Association. (Originally aired Feb 9, 2026.)

"Sneckdown": a funny term for a familiar phenomenon, the natural pathways people make through freshly fallen snow. Jean-Luc Pierite explains the…

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