Everyone knows what a river is, but do you know about the concept of an atmospheric river? The majority of water vapor ...

Higher temperatures caused by climate change are driving complex processes that make droughts bigger and more severe, new ...

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can ...

A new study shows that rising ‘atmospheric thirst’ is responsible for about 40% of the increase in drought severity over the ...

Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be ...

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research ...

This story appears in the spring 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Taking Flight.” ...