OAKLAND — Ice falling from the sky might seem unusual, but some Spanish and American scientists say it is becoming a frequent occurrence throughout the world.
Like the estimated 200-plus-pound chunk that fell Saturday on Bushrod Park, clear ice from the sky has been reported around the world. Big and small ice-falls have happened in China, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Scotland, Hungary, England, India and more than half of the United States — often in summer and some recorded before aircraft were invented, scientists say.
And in each case, no one knows why.
“None of us have been able to come up with a process to determine how it is happening,” said David Travis, a climatologist at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “We’re really baffled as to what is going on here.”
