Mike Chell, Operations Supervisor, checking instruments in a filter gallery at the Peace River Facility. This is the final step in the treatment process that delivers drinking water to 500,000 people. ...

Millions of people in southern Africa depend on monsoon rains that begin around November and last until March or April. If the monsoon is erratic, millions of people can suffer. So far in 2014-2015, the monsoon in southeastern Africa has been anything but normal.

Thanks to back-to-back storms over the last month, most of the Midwest and North-Atlantic regions are covered by snow. But when was the last time there was snow on the ground in all fifty states—even our most tropical destinations, Florida and Hawaii?

For more than 6 months, NOAA has been issuing El Niño watches, but never an advisory. Here we show whether recent patterns in precipitation resemble those expected during El Niño.

Summary: Community groups are working to establish a connected ring of conservation land around St. Louis, Missouri. They're using an innovative strategy to help them target land that can also enhance their flood mitigation efforts.

Summary: This user-friendly, downloadable software tool takes an integrated approach to water resources planning, simulating both the natural and engineered components of water systems and allowing planners access to a more comprehensive view of managing water resources.

Summary: Managers and staff at Denver Water in Colorado are taking climate change seriously. To be sure they can continue serving their customers into the future, they're learning from climate scientists, hydrologists, and other water utilities.

Summary: The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, found a win-win solution to problems it faced with 100 acres of abandoned property. The city now enjoys new green space, improved floodwater management, and a boosted economy.

Restoring a healthy balance between sea otters and their sea urchin prey comes with a modest but meaningful bonus: halting the overgrazing of kelp forests and increasing their ability to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

At the beginning of February, the atmosphere was looking a little bit like El Niño. Is this just another rolling stone?