At the very beginning of its history, Earth was dry. How did it become a blue planet? A new theory could provide an answer.

But what does it really mean? The term, atmospheric river (AR), is used when describing the way water vapor moves through the atmosphere in the mid-latitudes. There can be atmospheric rivers that aren ...

Water vapor tomography is a technique used to create three-dimensional models of atmospheric water vapor distribution. This is crucial for understanding weather patterns, climate change ...

Breakthrough materials that pull water from thin air could offer a sustainable solution to the West's worsening drought ...

A miraculous step forward in material science could unlock a solution to the water crisis plaguing the globe by sourcing ...

Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions of water vapor in the atmosphere, like a river in the sky. These systems gather moisture from the tropics near the equator and move it toward the poles.

An expert at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains the weather phenomenon that can wreak havoc across California.

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, ...

The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently ...

Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land, they can cause heavy rains and snow. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: ...

As I sit here looking out the window most of what I see is snow. What is snow, after all? Here’s a pretty good definition: “Atmospheric water vapor ...