More information: Wanshu Nie et al, Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10 ...

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 ...

The increasing frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological drought has underscored the urgency of studying hydrological changes. A research team has analyzed the estimated changes in ...

The year 2022 saw some unavoidable, drastic, and strange changes in the water cycle. It was the third La Niña year that caused a lot of rain in Southeast Asia and Australia, while other parts of ...

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 ...

Human activity has a significant impact on the global water cycle. Snow packs are declining and flood patterns are changing as a result of human induced climate change, aquifer storages are shrinking ...

The global water crisis is one of the most urgent and ... Together, philanthropic and private investments create a sustainable cycle: loans are repaid, markets grow, and millions of families ...

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.