Against the backdrop of global warming, sea level rise and extreme weather, it’s reassuring to learn that not all climatic changes are solely due to human activities. There are still natural rhythms ...

In recent decades, a dramatic shift has been unfolding high above the Pacific Ocean. Vast corridors of moisture known as atmospheric rivers (ARs)—responsible for transporting nearly 90% of the world’s ...

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 ...

In recent decades, environmental lead (Pb) pollution has posed a significant threat to public health and ecological systems due to its harmful and irreversible effects. It has also been proposed that ...

The GoMars project is attempting something planetary scientists have wanted for decades: a continuous, high fidelity simulation of a full Martian year that captures the Red Planet’s shifting ...

It estimated the chance of an El Niño occurring between May and July at 40 per cent, while the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put the probability at a lesser 25 per cent for the ...

An artist generated image illustrating possible futures in policy and research due to human modifications of the atmospheric water cycle. Human activity is changing the way water flows between the ...