A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river’s end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce.

Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from near the equator toward the poles. These aerial waterways are responsible for about 20% ...

As the Earth’s climate warms due to increasing greenhouse gases, relative humidity (RH) over land is projected to decrease. Previously, the ocean has been considered the cause of the land RH decrease ...

This simulation shows what it might look like to dive into a lunar pit and explore a connected lava tube. Credit: Conor Marsh, University of Manchester/ ESA The Moon’s surface is pockmarked with more ...

This RGB (red-green-blue) composite satellite view of farmland in Brazil comprises three images of a single polarization taken during three different parts of the growing season. This technique is ...

With wildfires growing more frequent and more intense in many parts of the world, scientists are looking to the past to better understand where and when fires have burned. Lakes and wetlands, which ...

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural climate phenomenon driven by interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the tropical Pacific. In recent decades, major advances in observing ...

Katherine Rothwell of ETH Zurich extracts pore water to monitor geochemical conditions in sediments during experiments in the Wadden Sea near Hamburg, Germany, in August 2022. Nearby, sediment samples ...

The effects of topography on the distribution and movement of water on Earth have been observed throughout history. And while many scientific advances are well-documented, there are no summaries of ...

Mycorrhizal fungi, shown here with false color, have a symbiotic relationship with most plants. Credit: Oyarte-Galvez (AMOLF)/ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Just as the human body contains a ...