Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier ...

Rainfall can disappear for years only to return with a vengeance, as it did in California in 2023, with record-setting rain ...

Glaciers are melting faster than ever. As the planet gets hotter, our frozen world is shrinking, making the water cycle more unpredictable. For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

A UC Davis study confirms Putah Creek origin salmon for first time, marking a win for creek restoration and wild salmon, and ...

Imagine a world where the oxygen you need changes dramatically between day and night. Your world shifts from being rich in oxygen (oxic) in the day, so you have energy to hunt for food, to ...

Forest fires not only destroy biodiversity, but also threaten the water cycle. Without vegetation cover, rainfall becomes less frequent, the soil loses its infiltration capacity, and rivers dry up ...

This study leverages the empirical datasets and microbial-explicit SOC model to show a thermal threshold of microbial CUE and heterotrophic respiration at 15 °C, implying a potential abrupt ...