Behind flood and bushfire disasters is a less visible influence: changes in the planet’s water cycle. Rainfall and ...

Right, go on, into the sea with you. So the sun heats up water in the sea, river and lakes, and turns it into water vapour through evaporation. Then that water vapour rises into the air. As it rises ...

The Earth as a planet can sustain life, because of the presence of Hydrogen and Oxygen, or in more simple terms, the presence of water. Scientists seek evidence of life on other planets by looking for ...

Water moves between pools through evaporation into water vapor, transport through the atmosphere, condensation to form clouds, and returns to the surface as precipitation. At its core, the water cycle ...

Around three-quarters of the Earth is covered in water. Water is a valuable natural resource. It can be used to water crops and grow food, as drinking water, for washing and even for transporting ...

China set out to halt dust storms, reclaim deserts and lock away carbon by planting trees at a scale no country had attempted before. In the process, it has unintentionally rewritten how water moves ...