Human-caused global warming is disrupting the global water cycle in ways that could bring severe water scarcity sooner than expected, according to a new study. The research identifies the potential ...

Climate change is increasing rapid switches between drought and flooding in China, with low-income populations facing the ...

Unlike hurricanes and floods, which arrive suddenly and tend to dominate headlines with dramatic images of wrecked homes and submerged towns, droughts are often overlooked by media, governments and ...

We have built the system to shed much of the surplus rather than keep it. We allow a wet winter to rush away, then ration ...

A brutal combination of El Nino, global warming and the rise of the “flash drought” has experts fearing the summers to come.

Global climate change is reshaping agricultural ecosystems. As warmer winters become more prevalent, snow droughts caused by insufficient snowfall are becoming more frequent. This leaves winter wheat, ...

When catastrophic wildfires capture global headlines, such as the unprecedented blazes sweeping through southern Europe this summer or the devastating 2019–20 "Black Summer" in Australia, they are ...

Dry wells. Dwindling reservoirs. Parched ground. Forest fires. The American West has gotten awfully familiar with drought in the 21st century. And it wouldn’t be the same without the heat. This summer ...

More than 13,000 droughts spanning years have overwhelmed our planet across nearly four decades. These severe droughts are becoming hotter, longer and more devastating as our planet’s global ...

Droughts in the coming decades could be longer than projected by current climate models, a new study published Wednesday in Nature warns. The international team of scientists examined potential biases ...

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 ...