For the first time in recorded history the system that moves water around the planet is off balance, according to a landmark new report. Water moves around the world in "atmospheric rivers" as part of ...

Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives, according ...

Scientists have confirmed the presence of an immense reservoir of water trapped deep within the Earth’s mantle, reshaping our understanding of the planet’s interior and water cycle. This revelation, ...

The European Space Agency's first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in ...

In a remarkable scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered an astonishing underground water reservoir located deep beneath Earth’s surface, potentially containing three times more water than ...

The Earth’s oceans have risen and fallen over the millennia. But they have, on average, been relatively stable over billions of years. The balance of the deep water cycle—the exchange of water between ...

For the first time, scientists have used a spaceborne instrument to track the origin and movements of water vapor throughout Earth’s atmosphere, providing a new perspective on the dominant role ...

In recent years, science has unveiled some astonishing secrets—from what lurks inside black holes to the discovery of a vast new “8th continent.” Even closer to home, researchers have uncovered a ...

Earth may have had fresh, not just salty, water as soon as 600 million years after the planet formed — a mere blink of an eye in geologic time. Researchers analyzed oxygen molecules within ...