INDIANAPOLIS — Water is necessary for life on Earth and can be found in many forms. Water can be a liquid — like rivers, oceans, puddle, and drinking water. It can also be a gas — in the form of ...

The global water cycle, the intricate system that moves water between the atmosphere, land, and oceans, is undergoing significant changes—and humans are at the center of it. A newly published NASA ...

Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting consequences that are hard to picture. Researchers enlisted water ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a ...

Beyond the rainforests, scientists are zeroing in on changes occurring to a natural water cycle that could forever alter the Amazon. The Amazon has always gone through periods of drought or abnormally ...

As the planet continues to warm, this cycle is expected to be increasingly stretched, warped and broken. The water cycle that shuttles Earth’s most vital resource around in an unending, life-giving ...

Huge "regreening" efforts in China over the past few decades have activated the country's water cycle and moved water in ways that scientists are just now starting to understand. When you purchase ...