Heavy rainfall events that occur on July 1 result in 70% fewer cases of mosquito-borne disease than those that occur just a month earlier, research finds.

Spend or save water? Grow or reproduce? A new study identifies the winning bets desert plants make to survive.

"Fire not being influenced by moisture anymore? That is surprising. It's going to be a problem for people, for firefighters, for society."

Data about soil temperature and moisture can improve predictions about how much rain will fall during monsoons.

Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost bogs by 30 percent, research in Alaska finds.

"Where the water is coming from turns out to be an important part of the isotopic story that we can read in tropical rainfall."

Sensors in windshield wipers could produce more accurate rainfall data than current systems, researchers report.

"After it rained, there were only two to four microbe species found in the lagoons. The extinction event was massive."