Water vapor cools as it rises high into the sky. It mixes with tiny particles such as dust, soot, dirt and other aerosols which the water vapor can condense onto and form tiny water droplets.

Water vapor condenses into clouds and eventually falls as precipitation, returning to earth’s surface with renewed purity- assuming airborne pollutants aren’t present.

This water vapor is then deposited as fresh water in the form of glaciers or as rain and snow that seep into the ground to fill our wells. Too much of a good thing, however—especially all at ...

Water constantly moves between the Earth and its atmosphere. But that system—called the hydrological cycle—is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter, primarily due to the burning of ...

Scientists say it's all about the hydrological cycle — water constantly moving between Earth and the atmosphere. A hotter atmosphere sucks up more water vapor from bodies of water and vegetation ...

Water constantly moves between the Earth and its atmosphere. But that system — called the hydrological cycle — is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter, primarily due to the burning of ...

Though rain falls less often, when it does, it's often in intense and destructive deluges. That's because the atmosphere holds 7% more water vapor for every degree Celsius.

Water constantly moves between the Earth and its atmosphere. But that system — called the hydrological cycle — is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter, primarily due to the burning of ...

“Basically, global warming is turning the atmosphere into a bigger sponge so it can soak up more moisture … and then when the conditions are right for rainfall, it’s like squeezing that ...

Though rain falls less often, when it does, it’s often in intense and destructive deluges. That’s because the atmosphere holds 7% more water vapor for every degree Celsius.