The definition: An atmospheric river (AR) is a long plume of moisture that stretches from the tropics or subtropics into ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday with the goal of maximizing the storage of water anticipated to hit ...

There was no destructive cyclone, yet a set of unfavourable ingredients caused a fairly common weather system to wreak havoc ...

A series of savage lurches from intensely dry to fiercely wet conditions helped fuel the horrific winter fires we're currently watching destroy parts of Los Angeles and surrounding wilderness.

Many water officials have seen cloud seeding as one possible fix for the U.S. West's extended drought, but a new federal ...

The temperature swing is a 180-switch from the nearly 10 inches of snow that fell in a day in north Florida in late January, ...

Just as teaching kids to tell time is essential for navigating their daily routines, understanding the tides can become a foundational life skill in a coastal community.

This is just the most recent example of the kind of “hydroclimate whiplash ... and not the growing evaporative demand. The thirstier atmosphere pulls more water out of plants and soil, exacerbating ...

and the deficit of water vapor in the atmosphere can also increase exponentially,” Diffenbaugh said. You don’t have to look too far in the past to see an example of how a super wet period broke up a ...

What’s the connection between climate change and an increase in so-called atmospheric rivers?