Weather forecasts rely on many different kinds of data, including temperature, humidity and wind. For the first time, ...

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils. A new study, published in ...

Under global warming, scientists have widely expected tropical cyclones (including typhoons and hurricanes) to bring more ...

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program joins forces with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events “We know that better measurements of atmospheric rivers ...

Droughts are becoming more severe and widespread across the globe. But it's not just changing rainfall patterns that are to blame. The atmosphere is also getting thirstier. In a new study published in ...

A prototype device harvests drinking water from the atmosphere, even in arid places. Earth's atmosphere holds an ocean of water, enough liquid to fill Utah's Great Salt Lake 800 times. Extracting some ...

The boundary between the atmosphere and aqueous surfaces, such as the ocean’s topmost microlayer or cloud droplets, is a dynamic arena for sunlight-driven chemistry. At these interfaces, direct ...