A project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) has enabled researchers to simulate Earthly disasters with an unprecedented level of detail. Referred to as Earth’s “digital twin,” the model is ...

Floods, droughts and heat waves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. In the past few days, hundreds of ...

One lesson I bet we can all remember from grade school is the water cycle. Even if you don't recall precisely what you'd learned, you probably have memories of some sort of video or diagram that was ...

The water cycle looks simple in theory — but human impacts, climate change, and complicated geography mean that in practice, floods and droughts remain hard to predict. To model water on Earth, you ...

Albert Van Dijk does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...