A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

A new study warns that day zero droughts—when reservoirs fail to supply taps—could become common within this decade.

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. According to Wikipedia, Pikillaqta is a large archaeological site ...

The cities of the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest have long been incubators for novel environmental policy. Governments in Portland, Ore.; Seattle; and Vancouver, B.C., for example, were among the ...

An organic fertilizer based on Traditional Ecological Knowledge conferred more sustainable properties to soil than chemical fertilizers did. Credit: iStock.com ...

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. The first documents damage along the line of the Teesta River, but ...

Mississippi River ships and barges carry over 500 million tons of cargo through the Southwest Pass shipping channel at the river’s end to reach major ports that handle 18% of U.S. waterborne commerce.

This simulation shows what it might look like to dive into a lunar pit and explore a connected lava tube. Credit: Conor Marsh, University of Manchester/ ESA The Moon’s surface is pockmarked with more ...

Measuring atmospheric fluxes of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide helps scientists understand Earth’s carbon cycle and other biogeochemical processes, as well as how ...

Long-term weather forecasting is a difficult task, partly because weather systems are inherently chaotic. Though mathematical equations can approximate the underlying physics of weather, tiny ...

Ribbons of water vapor called atmospheric rivers wind through the troposphere, moving the planet’s moisture from near the equator toward the poles. These aerial waterways are responsible for about 20% ...

Composite average of “open” (left column) and “closed valve” (right column) conditions for the Labrador Current, respectively. The top raw panels show potential thickness of the lower layer through ...