Shifting Patterns in the Global Water Cycle For years, water resource management relied on the assumption that precipitation, temperature, and other geophysical variables would remain ...

In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by ...

The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is ...

Water moves around the world in "atmospheric rivers" as part of the global water cycle, explained the report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Water evaporates from ground ...

A fifth of the cities have seen a reversal in climate extremes, with the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo and the Indian ...

The water cycle shows the "continuous movement of water ... In addition, the United Nations declared a global water crisis. "We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption ...

The main processes involved in this cycle are evaporation, plant transpiration, condensation, precipitation (rain and snow), and surface runoff (see graphic). In recent decades, global warming has ...

SOUTH-EAST ASIA (dpa): Global warming has pushed the global water cycle into new climate extremes, including massive floods, tropical cyclones, flash floods and prolonged droughts, according to ...

to raise global awareness of the critical connections between the cryosphere, climate change, the water cycle, the economy, environment and society. The term ‘cryosphere’ originates from the G ...

In 2024, Oki Taikan was awarded the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize for his contributions to more sustainable water management on a global scale. He shares his research and proposals for the future.