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Residents of Palam Vihar in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, make their way through flooded streets after a typical monsoon spell

Meeting Report 20 November 2017

Preparing for the Future: Climate Products and Models for India

Kick-off Workshop of Indo-Norwegian Project PREPARE; Bergen, Norway, 27–31 March 2017

Editors' Vox 23 August 2017

Peering into the Cracks

A recent article in Reviews of Geophysics combined mathematical modeling, fracture mechanics theory and engineering research data to provide new insights into a critical geological process.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Dry bed of Lake Soyang following a severe drought in South Korea.

Meeting Report 29 June 2017

Aquatic Ecosystems in a Changing Climate

Chapman Conference on Extreme Climate Event Impacts on Aquatic Biogeochemical Cycles and Fluxes; San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22–27 January 2017

Soil moisture projections hold clues to how climate change may drive drought

Research Spotlight 13 June 2017

The Future of Earth Looks Drier…but Just How Dry?

New analysis of soil moisture projections from climate models could help resolve a discrepancy between expected increases in aridity and precipitation over land.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Grand canyon aerial view showing dendritic drainage.

Research Spotlight 6 April 2017

Stream Network Geometry Correlates with Climate

A "big data" analysis of nearly 1 million river junctions in the contiguous United States shows that branching angles in dendritic drainages vary systematically between humid and arid regions.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

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Scientific Press Releases 21 February 2017

Colorado River Flows Will Keep Shrinking as Climate Warms

New study finds that even with more rain, drought periods as long as several decades are likely to occur in the near future.

Researchers tie dissolved organic carbon in the Gulf of Maine to changes in precipitation and runoff in New England.

Research Spotlight 14 February 2017

How Climate Change Affects the Flow of Carbon from Land to Sea

Changes in precipitation and runoff in New England may be driving more dissolved organic carbon into the Gulf of Maine.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Environmental data buoy at Granite Island Light Station, a Great Lakes Evaporation Network site on Lake Superior.

Meeting Report 11 November 2016

Predicting a Great Lake's Response to a Warm Winter

The Superior Challenge Summit: Forecasting El Niño's Impact on the World's Largest Lake; Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17–19 May 2016

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Editors' Vox 31 October 2016

Anthropogenic Drought: How Humans Affect the Global Ecosystem

Amir AghaKouchak discusses how human activity affects water supply and the environment.

Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

LTAR network site locations in U.S. farm resource regions.

Meeting Report 1 August 2016

Preparing to Face the Future of Agriculture in the United States

Third Annual Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Meeting; Venus, Florida, 22–26 February 2016