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Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms
- Researchers conducted Project ICECHIP on June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas, to collect hailstones during a storm for scientific study.
- Dozens of researchers chased storms and collected hail to learn what hailstones reveal about storm formation and growth processes.
- They measured, weighed, sliced, chilled, and even ate hailstones, discovering a largest hailstone of 139 millimeters, about DVD-sized.
- John Allen described hailstones forming from an embryo with layers like tree rings, while Baron said eating hailstones "tastes like an ice cube."
- Researchers noted the hail was unusually soft and said more research is needed to confirm if climate change affects hail hardness.
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Frozen clues: What hailstones say about a warming world
Researchers are chasing storms across multiple states to collect and study hailstones to better understand storm behavior. Their findings could reveal how climate change may impact future hail damage and storm intensity.
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4,000 hailstones collected while chasing storms
Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will reveal secrets about storms, damage and maybe the air itself.
·Kelowna, Canada
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Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms
Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science.
·United States
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