The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ...

As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers — has made the ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

narrow bands in the atmosphere that transport large amounts of water vapor outside the tropics. Although their size and strength can differ widely, on average they transport a volume of water ...

Scientists believe that even if California’s overall water supply from rain and snow ... Institute of California points out that the atmospheric rivers that dropped immense quantities of rain ...

New Delhi's air pollution is more severe than previously estimated with particles absorbing atmospheric water vapor leading to particulate matter levels across the city being underestimated by up to ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s melting rapidly. Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers, which can deliver intense snowfall — ...

A département in southern France, plagued by drought in recent years, is set to bring in the world's first 'air-to-water' ...

B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has issued a high streamflow advisory for parts of Vancouver Island and the South Coast due to ...

A powerful atmospheric river storm is pounding parts of California with torrential rain, strong winds and snow and leading to ...