Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

Bubbles burst when their caps rupture. Children discover this phenomenon every summer day, but it also underpins key mechanisms for the spread of pollutants, contaminants, and even infectious disease ...

Sunny summer days are here and as more people hit the water, Sutter County’s boat patrol team is sounding the alarm on river ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

Record-breaking heat indices — a combination of temperatures and humidity to determine how heat really feels to the body — are possible from Kansas City to Maine.

If the bubble were relatively small, it would wink out, pinched shut by a force akin to the surface tension of a drop of water.

Michigan's Great Lakes mean nearly half the state's surface is covered by water. What the USGS data shows.

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains how when a drop of water falls on a glass top, there’s a splash.

Imagine an ice cube floating in a glass of water. Eventually, it will melt down to a tiny frozen speck before disappearing. As it shrinks, its surface gets smoother, and any irregularities or sharp ...

When a droplet of water falls on a hot pan, it dances across the surface, skimming on a thin layer of steam like a tiny hovercraft; this is known as the Leidenfrost effect. But now, researchers ...

A new study captured never-before-seen footage of hydrogen and oxygen atoms combining to form a miniature water droplet out of "thin air." The newly improved reaction could one day help astronauts ...