Researchers estimate that atmospheric rivers in the western U.S. will become 15 percent larger in size and last six hours longer for every one degree Celsius spike in global temperatures.

While high values of precipitable water don't guarantee heavy rain will occur at any moment, it does indicate an exceptionally moist atmosphere that is more efficient at producing and packing in ...

Featherlight nanomaterial built from graphene and calcium pulls clean water from the air with unmatched efficiency.

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

January’s Tonga eruption sent an unusually large amount of water vapor high into Earth’s atmosphere and could temporarily influence our planet’s surface temperature.

Meteorologists often say that the atmosphere has a memory and that large-scale patterns will often shift back to its original position. In this case, that original position is beneficial to ...

In the West, atmospheric rivers approach from the Pacific Ocean, where they’ve collected tremendous amounts of water. They're sometimes called the "Pineapple express" because they originate in ...

The greatest ocean depth, however, is 36,200 feet. Pressure in the ocean is measured in terms of atmospheres. One atmosphere is equal to the weight of the earth’s atmosphere at sea level, about ...

An atmospheric river that hit Los Angeles in February 2024 caused mudslides and flooding, dumping months' worth of rain in a single day. Another one is headed to Southern California now.

About 71% of the Earth is covered in water and the average depth is 12,080 feet — which is nearly as deep as Mount Fuji is tall, according to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Only 5% of the ...