Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

Over the past 200 years, humans have stored hundreds of billions of liters of water in thousands of dams around the world. In ...

Earth is unique in the Solar System for having an abundant supply of water, making it the only known planet with vast oceans, ...

New device heats lunar soil with concentrated sunlight to extract water and simultaneously converts CO2 into oxygen.

Up to 850 million people may face river water shortages by 2100, according to new research using the latest climate models.

Chemistry has a reputation for filling high‑school notebooks with equations, yet in astrophysics it can overturn planetary ...

In an analysis of the best available Earth systems models, Northeastern researchers found that by the turn of the next ...

Human-induced earthquakes are becoming more common due to activities like mining, dam construction, and fracking, impacting ...

In 2016, a remarkable discovery took place deep beneath the surface of a Canadian mine, where Professor Barbara Sherwood ...

In a breakthrough that feels straight out of science fiction, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...

When prolonged droughts strike in places already facing poverty, conflict or weak governance, these coping strategies are ...