Credit: NPS/Kurt Moses NASA scientists have uncovered significant changes in the global water cycle over the past two decades, largely driven by human activities such as agriculture. Their findings ...

In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by ...

Chapman University researchers found that Earth’s plants store 786 km³ of water, with water cycling through them in just 5–18 days—much faster than other water cycle processes. This rapid transit, ...

"If we want to predict the effects of climate change on Earth's water resources, we need data showing how the hydrologic cycle will respond at a small scale where we can define mechanisms ...

The water cycle ensures the continuous availability of fresh water, which is vital for the survival of all living organisms. Listen to Story The assessment is based on nearly 20 years of satellite ...

These also tend to be the ... Large Differences in Water-Seeking Ability Found in U.S. Corn Varieties Feb. 6, 2025 — A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots ...

In June 2024, southern China experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall, resulting in devastating societal and economic ...

Lakes are an important part of the water cycle. Water warms up, evaporates and rises into the atmosphere as water vapour. When it reaches a mountain, it’s pushed up and over the peak into colder ...

More and more, people are experiencing the climate crisis through water. Water cycle patterns are disrupted meaning rainfall or snowmelt arrives either too early or too late or with too big or too ...