Even a toddler knows that plants need water. It's perhaps the first thing we learn about these green life-forms. But how ...

Cutting down all 3 trillion trees would release 35 billion tons of CO2 and disrupt the Earth’s water cycle. This would lead to massive wildfires, widespread animal extinction, and severe global famine ...

Meteorologist Kylee Miller explains the water cycle in this Science of Weather segment. Plus, she walks you through a fun experiment you can do to illustrate part of the water cycle.

The water cycle is complex, and rainfall in particular has geographic variations that are much more drastic than air temperature. This has made it difficult for scientists to evaluate how rainfall ...

The "iconic and magical" cottonwood trees are the keystone species of the plant world and they're disappearing from Utah riverbanks. Scientists are trying to protect thembut budget freezes by ...

As winter fades (quite rapidly this year) and spring emerges, trees undergo a fascinating transformation, signaling a new cycle of life. During winter, trees lie dormant, conserving energy and ...

Even a toddler knows that plants need water. It’s perhaps the first thing we learn about these green lifeforms. But how plants budget this resource varies ...

A new study takes an important step toward reconstructing a global history of water over the past 2,000 years. Using geologic and biologic evidence preserved in natural archives — including 759 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s a multi-billion dollar question: What will happen to water as temperatures continue to rise? There will be winners and losers with any change that redistributes where, when and ...