Human disruption to Earth's freshwater cycle has exceeded the safe limit, our research shows

‘Green water’ is essential for healthy soils and a benign climate, but it’s under threat.

Lan Wang Erlandsson, Researcher and Theme leader, Anthropocene Dynamics, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University • conversation
June 27, 2022 ~9 min

Why a warming climate can bring bigger snowstorms

Winters are getting warmer, yet Bostonians were digging out from nearly 2 feet of snow from a historic blizzard in late January. Why is the Northeast seeing more big snowstorms like this?

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~7 min


What does climate change have to do with snowstorms?

Winters are getting warmer, yet Bostonians were digging out from nearly 2 feet of snow from a historic blizzard in late January. Why is the Northeast seeing more big snowstorms like this?

Michael A. Rawlins, Associate Director, Climate System Research Center, UMass Amherst • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~7 min

Why increased rainfall in the Arctic is bad news for the whole world

Some Arctic regions will see more rain than snow decades earlier than previously thought, say scientists.

Richard Hodgkins, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Loughborough University • conversation
Dec. 1, 2021 ~6 min

The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding

Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns.

Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell • conversation
Aug. 9, 2021 ~5 min

Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather

As rivers run dry in the Rocky Mountains and the West, its easy to wonder where all the snow you see on mountain peaks goes. Some of it ends up in the air, but researchers aren’t sure how much.

Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University • conversation
July 27, 2021 ~7 min

Predicting droughts and floods: why we're studying 19th-century ocean records

The water cycle is intensifying as the world warms, bringing heavier downpours and longer droughts.

Stuart Cunningham, Professor of Ocean Circulation and Climate, Scottish Association for Marine Science • conversation
July 26, 2021 ~6 min

Reforesting Europe would increase rainfall – new research

Mass tree planting could affect precipitation patterns.

Ronny Meier, PostDoc, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich • conversation
July 6, 2021 ~5 min


Lake Poopó: why Bolivia's second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back

It's an ecological disaster, but my research shows we should not lose hope.

Belen Marti-Cardona, Lecturer in Earth Observation and Hydrology, University of Surrey • conversation
Jan. 11, 2021 ~6 min

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