Meanwhile, between 1 to 3 feet of snow is expected to blanket the Sierra Nevada, raising the risk of avalanches. The NWS added that winds gusting up to 70 mph could create “near whiteout conditions,” ...

Particles in water interact with radiation from the Sun shining on the water’s surface. The particles can ... which lies in a volcanic crater and is fed by rain and snow, without any streams ...

Whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting.” A cliche, perhaps, but it rang true Wednesday night as state senators butted heads over the impact of a major overhaul of New Mexico’s water regulations.

In a quiet section of Hampton, 74-year-old Arnold Searles noticed something he’d never before seen in his yard: Over 30 dead ...

T he sound of rain pitter-pattering on your windows in the early morning can be really soothing— until, of course, you ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden with pollution from coal power plants and cars at the time that it turned ...

The planned drawdown of Detroit Lake could bring major complications for the drinking water systems in Salem and Stayton.

So, let’s unpick what ... This means more rain per cyclone, on average. Rising ocean temperatures mean more water evaporates off the sea surface, meaning forming cyclones can absorb more ...

“The sand is very fine and those suspended sediments will start to clog the sand and not let water move through.” When there are major rain events ... that the surface elevation needs to ...