Across the planet, the same invisible system that fills our taps is now driving some of the most destructive disasters on ...

These floods and fires are not simply isolated weather extremes, but signs of a water cycle that is being increasingly ...

The water cycle that shuttles Earth’s most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving loop is in trouble. Climate change has disrupted that cycle’s delicate balance, upsetting how water ...

Understanding how water moves through the Earth system is fundamental to predicting climate impacts and ensuring sustainable ...

BYU's new hydrologic cycle, representing major water pools in blue text, natural water fluxes in black text and human-impacted fluxes in orange. Illustration by Eliza Anderson. The United States ...

Ongoing shifts in the global water cycle amplified floods, droughts and heat extremes in 2025, according to a new report involving an international ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a ...

Forests, which cover a third of Earth's land surface, are pivotal in carbon storage and the water cycle, though the full scope of their impact remains to be fully understood. In a new study, ...

While weather extremes such as flooding and wildfires are frequently identified as visible consequences of climate change, ...