The global hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance due to human activities, with droughts and extreme rainfall spurring climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on ...

The Argo network of ocean-observing sensors is expected to pay its biggest dividends to climate researchers in the future after several decades’ worth of Argo data help them observe some of the ...

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

The water cycle is the vital Earth process that moves freshwater and moisture around the planet, and for the first time in human history, that system is breaking down. A new report from the Global ...

Scientists have used clues locked into tree rings to reveal major changes in the Amazon's rainfall cycle over the last 40 years: wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier. Research co-led ...

Pakistan ranks among some of the most water-stressed countries in the world. Despite progress in water accessibility, nearly 21 million Pakistanis still do not have access to clean and potable water.

About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are ...

The recent climate-exacerbated mountain pine beetle infestation in the Rocky Mountains of North America has resulted in tree death that is unprecedented in recorded history. The spatial and temporal ...

Use the key terms featured in a river basin case study. Students could consider and explain the relationship between rock types, vegetation and land use and the types of flow and storage that occur.