Use knowledge of the hydrological cycle to explain specific flood events, with reference to maps and hydrographs.

Use the key terms featured in a river basin case study. Consider the effect of seasonal differences in rainfall and relate this to changes in river levels and risk of flooding. Students could ...

Ocean evaporation, a key phenomenon in the Earth's hydrological cycle, has recently revealed some surprises. A study ...

The hydrological cycle is expected to accelerate as temperatures rise and the capacity of the air to carry moisture increases. Observational evidence for such acceleration is largely based on ...

Our concept of a 'boundless carbon cycle' would encourage policymakers to better appreciate the couplings between land and water and between the hydrological cycle and the carbon cycle.

"We broke the hydrological cycle," Henk Ovink, the Netherlands special envoy for international water affairs, told New Scientist. "Now we have to bring it back." Devika Rao has worked as a staff ...