Global warming has induced rain-on-snow (ROS) in cold regions leading to significant consequences on ecosystems and socioeconomic development. However, a global analysis of ROS under historical ...

Nitrogen is an essential element for supporting primary productivity in aquatic ecosystems 1,2, but it can also be a pollutant when present in excess 3,4. The overloading of reactive nitrogen from ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called ...

Intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) reflects how efficiently plants assimilate carbon relative to water loss at the leaf level. While widely studied using carbon isotope and gas-exchange ...

For over two decades, satellites have quietly documented a major crisis unfolding beneath our feet: Earth's continents are drying out at unprecedented rates. Fueled by climate change, groundwater ...

Water is essential for life, yet billions of people around the world still lack reliable access to clean, safe water. As climate change accelerates, populations grow, and infrastructure struggles to ...

The 2026 El Niño has begun, bringing significant changes to global weather patterns.