Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding. Around the globe, rising temperatures stoked by climate change are ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In ...

Beyond the rainforests, scientists are zeroing in on changes occurring to a natural water cycle that could forever alter the Amazon. The Amazon has always gone through periods of drought or abnormally ...

Ultraviolet radiation penetrates most deeply in clear water bodies. UV radiation shifts at Lake Tahoe are associated with wet and dry extremes. (VAWiley/Getty) Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale ...

Associated Press — Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the ...