Flash flooding has become a buzz word in the news lately after devastating flash floods in Central Texas, a region known as the Texas Hill Country, hit last week, killing more than 100 people.

Rain is one of nature’s most fascinating processes, yet most people take it for granted. Every drop that falls from the sky ...

Scientists blame unusually warm oceans, not cloud seeding, for Texas and North Carolina floods. Yet state lawmakers seek to ban geoengineering, though no such projects exist in North Carolina.

Molecular dynamics model uses topological order parameter to show stratification of water molecules based on density.

A 1033 mb high remains nearly stationary far northeast of the state. Water vapor imagery shows a compact upper level low several hundred miles north of us that is slowly ...

Unfortunately, many people are unaware of the chemical makeup of e-cigarettes, assuming they only contain water vapor and ...

Central Texas is infamous for its flash flooding and arid soil, hard-packed ground into which water does not easily ...

Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...

Transpiration, the process of plants releasing water vapor, is crucial for plant cooling but can lead to dehydration in extreme heat. Continuously high nighttime temperatures exacerbate plant stress ...

News about Water Pollution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Straighter, smoother streams flow more violently than those that meander due to a reduction in friction. Areas with steeper ...

Imagine waking up one morning to find that every drop of water on Earth—oceans, lakes, rivers, puddles, even the dew on grass ...