The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is ...

Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the ...

For the first time in recorded history the system that moves water around the ... in "atmospheric rivers" as part of the global water cycle, explained the report from the Global Commission on ...

Earth system models (ESMs ... Comparing the land carbon cycle model component of an ESM with observations could involve three types of test. First, a process, such as the response of organic ...

were the result of variations in the Earth's orbital elements. Monsoon: A wind system whose direction changes with the seasons. Often associated with seasonal precipitation. Plio-Pleistocene ...

A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection ... causing the day and night cycle. As well as rotating, the Earth has a tilt in its ...