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 ...

Explains the continuous water cycle essential for life on Earth. It details the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, illustrating how water moves from oceans to clouds, falls as ...

For the first time in recorded history the system that moves water around the planet is off balance, according to a landmark new report. Water moves around the world in "atmospheric rivers" as part of ...

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Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Won’t it?

Powerful storm systems triggered flash flooding across the U.S. in late July, killing more than three dozen people in eastern Kentucky as floodwater engulfed homes and set off mudslides. Record ...

The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways in China. More than 900 people died ...