Increasingly heavy rain is threatening the survival of giraffes in East African savannahs, researchers report.

Many people leave their automatic sprinklers on when it's raining. Here's how researchers aim to change that wasteful habit.

Researchers are looking at monsoons in the past to help get a better picture of the future of Earth's climate.

The smell of the desert after a rainstorm could be good for your health thanks to plants releasing oils and chemicals that cut stress, researchers report.

"...environmental changes caused by humans are signaling more and quicker rainfall, which have direct consequences for coastal communities...”

Flash droughts don't last long, but can be disastrous. A new study shows they're more frequent and coming on faster, likely due to climate change.

The onset of the rainy season can affect food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa as much as the amount of rain farmers receive overall, a new study shows.

Larger differences between the Earth's surface temperature at night and day increase the risk of severe thunderstorms and flood-causing cloud bursts.

Heavy rain events, which happen just a few days each year, have an outsize role in sending nitrogen runoff into waterways, computer modeling indicates.

To stop their cells from exploding after a downpour, plants trigger them to self-destruct. Now researchers know more about how.