Despite El Niño and La Niña’s pervasive influence on global climate, atmospheric rivers don’t appear to follow their lead.

The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

The Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is often referred to as the "lungs of the Earth," due to its vast capacity to ...

This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

Research over the last several years has led a team of scientists more insight on just how large an aquifer is at the crest of the Cascades.

Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion ...

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps ...

The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn widespread criticism ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and between the atmosphere and biosphere, and they help researchers and ...

The great Salt Lake is shrinking. Warmer temperatures are leading to a lot more evaporation of above-ground water sources.

Over 400 tractor loads of debris, including material from a demolished building and hill cutting, were dumped in the nullah, damaging trees and endangering houses and water sources downstream.

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Researchers have investigated how animals react to this. Anyone conducting research ...