As the atmospheric water harvesting industry looks to scale up, it faces challenges, opportunities and ethical conundrums.

While the Upper Ohio Valley is no stranger to heavy rainfall and flooding, the conditions that have been in place over the past couple of days have supercharged the atmosphere to produce some ...

Atmospheric rivers are massive plumes of moisture carried across the sky that can dump heavy rains or snow over land. Here’s a look at the phenomenon: Where do atmospheric rivers come from?

The low-latitude highlands region of southwestern China experienced two major climate events in recent years: a severe drought in 2009–2010 and an extreme heat wave in 2019. Though both sprang from ...

Drivers navigate a lane filled with rain water in Eugene, Ore., as an atmospheric river moves through the Willamette Valley during the winter of 2023. automation An atmospheric river will continue to ...

Atmospheric water vapour is a key variable in Earth’s climate system, governing energy exchanges, precipitation processes and regional weather phenomena. Its spatial and temporal variability ...

National Weather Service meteorologists are monitoring a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that will slam the West Coast by the weekend. Portions of California and the Pacific Northwest are ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego (THE CONVERSATION) Along the U.S. West ...

Atmospheric rivers get talked about a lot during winter in California, and for good reason. The invisible rivers in the sky play a significant role in how much rain the state receives and can ...