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 ...

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 ...

The Tasallah Foundation in Bauchi State has planted over 3,000 trees in Darazo local government to mitigate the devastating ...

Trees have a complex relationship with snow and energy as the season warms up, but new research shows that big trees can protect melting snowpacks in water-stressed environments.

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 ...

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 ...