Climate change is reshaping the global water cycle, disrupting rainfall patterns and putting growing pressure on cities and ecosystems. Some regions are grappling with heavier rainfall and flooding, ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on a sobering United Nations assessment warning that modern droughts—intensified by climate change and resource depletion—are among ...

For an agricultural nation like New Zealand, severe drought is one of the most ominous consequences of a warming planet. The Climate Change Commission's latest national risk assessment points to these ...

In modern cities, a silent paradox repeats itself: in countries affected by drought, rainwater disappears immediately into the sewers. This logic, which has become commonplace, nevertheless ...

Cities scorching in 110 degree heat for days as water reserves dry up — that's life in the West now. But new research confirms the region hasn't always seen this devilish combination of extreme heat ...

The San Joaquin Valley in California has experienced vast variability in climate extremes, with droughts and floods that were more severe and lasted longer than what has been seen in the modern record ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Much of the contiguous United States is under drought conditions as of April 16, 2026.

The chronology of stalagmite CCB-1 (4 cm in length) is based on U-series dating and constrained by historical information. Three U-series dates suggest continuous growth since ~ 1907 (Figure S1, Table ...

The team extracted organic compounds from sediment samples using a cocktail of solvents. As those solvents evaporate, the organic material remains in the vial as an orange residue. Climate change is ...