The study provides the first experimental demonstration of the potential impacts of climate change on water movement through grassland ecosystems, which make up nearly 40% of Earth's land area and ...

Snowpack is diminishing Climate change also is affecting snowpack, a critical part of the hydrological cycle. Melting snow helps fill reservoirs and waterways, including for drinking and agriculture.

Based right here in Reno, Desert Research Institute’s Hydrologic Sciences Division is at the forefront of researching humans’ impact on the environment and the environment’s impact on humans.