Functional relationships that capture the spatial co-variability of forcing and response variables provide a framework well-suited for global water model evaluation. Evaluating these relationships ...

SWOT could thus be a game changer in the characterization of the global terrestrial water cycle. In this Earth Observing System era, it is imperative that we take advantage of SWOT along with all ...

A research team has used changing patterns of salt in the ocean to estimate that between 1970 and 2014, at least two times more freshwater shifted from the equator to the poles than our climate models ...

The terrestrial water cycle is a fundamental component of Earth's climate system, governing the exchange of water between land surfaces and the atmosphere.

BYU's new hydrologic cycle, representing major water pools in blue text, natural water fluxes in black text and human-impacted fluxes in orange. Illustration by Eliza Anderson. The United States ...

Floods, droughts and heatwaves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. In the past few days, hundreds of bushfires have ignited in south-east Australia during an extreme ...

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