Could there be an ocean buried deep beneath our feet, hidden some 700 kilometers below the Earth’s surface? If the recent discoveries from scientific teams in Brazil and Botswana are to be believed, ...

In recent years, science has unveiled some astonishing secrets—from what lurks inside black holes to the discovery of a vast new “8th continent.” Even closer to home, researchers have uncovered a ...

Understanding how water moves through the Earth system is fundamental to predicting climate impacts and ensuring sustainable ...

Early Earth got much of its water from relentless bombardment by water-rich asteroids and icy comets. Now, scientists say the young planet had a way to hold onto much more of that water than once ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a ...

A groundbreaking study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth's water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice. A groundbreaking ...