Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study from The University of Texas at Austin, the drought could continue at least ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

New insights into Mars' water cycle reveal that ancient water may have vanished underground, reshaping our understanding of the Red Planet’s climate and potential for future exploration. The post Mars ...

How much water did Mars have in its ancient past and when did it disappear? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters hopes to address as an international team of ...

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 ...

NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin ...

A NASA study utilizing nearly 20 years of satellite data highlights significant human impacts on the global water cycle, driven largely by agriculture and water management practices.

In 2024, natural disasters related to variations in the water cycle caused more than 8,700 deaths and at least $550 billion of economic loss.

"For the first time in human history, we are pushing the global water cycle out of balance," he continued. "Precipitation, the source of all freshwater, can no longer be relied upon due to human ...

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 ...

The world’s water cycle is out of balance ”for the first time in human history,” according to a new report. The Global Commission on the Economics of Water, which is made up of global ...