In the summer of 2022, extreme heat and unprecedented drought drove parts of the world’s third-largest river, the Yangtze, to dry up.

In a first, a space mission led by NASA and France has tracked Earth's rivers swelling and shrinking from month to month over ...

A laser land leveler equipped with the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System operates during spring plowing to prepare the ...

The year 2026 marks the beginning of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). To achieve a strong and stable start, China's economy relies on its powerful domestic growth drivers, as well as ...

From health spas to film storage, salt mine caverns have been put to use in surprising ways—and they’re now poised to contribute to the generation and storage of clean energy.

Sunlight glints off one of the solar panels of the SWOT satellite in this artist's concept. The antennas of the mission's key instrument ...

India’s great river deltas have long been seen as landscapes of abundance. A river delta is a triangular lobular landform created when rivers empty their water ...

The Indus Waters Treaty withstood several armed conflicts and a huge loss of glaciers. It should serve as a blueprint for ...

A crew with Clean Harbors cleans an area near a cabin on Englebright Lake on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, following the large pipe ...

Ancient cave records reveal that repeated heavy rainfall and flooding, not drought, caused the decline of the Shijiahe culture in China.

Landslides and flooding in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state triggered by days of heavy rain have claimed the lives of 64 people, ...

An ancient climate event 4,200 years ago produced disruptions leading to the decline of major societies, offering warnings for the future.