The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface launched Friday. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

It’s beach season, and many people rely on beach flags to gauge water conditions. While these flags are helpful, there are still hidden hazards swimmers should be aware of. Many beaches use a flag ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Hearson's Water Gauge for Boilers ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 8 No. 20 (January 1853), p. 156 doi:10.1038 ...

What they found are some big changes: almost 90,000 km 2 of surface water—roughly equivalent to the area of Lake Superior—have completely vanished, mostly from the Middle East and Central Asia.

This comes in the form of a water-hunting technique that uses an exoplanet's size to estimate how much of this vital ingredient for life as we know it dwells beneath its surface.. The tool could ...