Land water is vanishing faster. Earth's surface struggles to recover, risking food, water, and climate stability.

The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

Prolonged droughts, wildfires and water shortages. Torrential downpours that overwhelm dams and cause catastrophic flooding.

Here’s what experts say. Water constantly moves between the Earth and its atmosphere. But that system — called the hydrological cycle — is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter ...

Soil moisture has declined more than 2,600 gigatonnes since 2000, making a greater contribution to sea level rise than ...