Snowflake ID

No two snowflakes are alike… but some snowflakes are pretty similar! Each and every snowflake is shaped by its atmosphere as it forms and falls. Snowflakes that come from a similar atmosphere end up looking pretty similar. Because of that relationship between snowflakes and their environment, scientists can look at the unique shape, size, and density of a snowflake to make predictions about what type of cloud it fell from and where it fell. This is really important information for predicting climate change.

That’s where you come in- we need your help classifying snowflakes from all over the world so that we can better understand what type of snow is falling right now, and learn more about climate change. When you categorize a snowflake, we’ll teach a computer to categorize that type of snowflake just like you did. Eventually, the computer will be smart enough to automatically classify every type of snowflake!