Cruising past a cornfield, you may not realize just how much moisture enters our atmosphere surrounding an area of farmland.

A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the U.S., ...

Evapotranspiration is the process by which water returns to the atmosphere through evaporation from surfaces and ...

Abstract: Extremes in precipitation can have dramatic consequences for people and natural systems. In this talk, I will show how climate models, coupled with moisture tracking techniques, can reveal ...

Climate change isn't producing expected increase in atmospheric moisture over dry regions Arid and semi-arid areas may face especially high risks of extreme heat and fire Date: January 18, 2024 ...

The process is officially known as evapotranspiration, which is how plants, including corn, release water vapor into the ...

On 99 acres in Malibu, Hertz's WeDew system creates hundreds of gallons of water a day by harnessing that process in a mobile shipping container-turned-water-generator.

Dampening the 'seeds' of hurricanes Increased atmospheric moisture produced weaker hurricane formation Date: July 1, 2024 Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation ...