Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New study shows how sunlight's electric field speeds up water evaporation by breaking off water clusters at the surface. (CREDIT: ...

The water cycle is something we’ve all heard about. Water falls from the sky, soaks into soils and forms streams and rivers that fill lakes or flow into oceans. Evaporation returns water to the ...

Light can evaporate water. At least that seems to be the case, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study posits that light can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California's current record-breaking heat wave in July has caused hundreds of millions of gallons of water in Lake Shasta and ...

New research on water evaporation could rewrite something we all learned as children. Everyone knows that heat causes water to evaporate, but researchers from MIT have shown that there may be a ...

Evaporation is a fundamental process; whether it is fog burning off in the morning or water vapor rising from a boiling pot, evaporation is a primary component of the planet's water cycle. And now ...

Jeromey sends an e-mail asking about evaporation and how much water can be drawn from the ground on a sunny day. That's a good observation. Many people don't think too much about where the water goes ...

A new study is shedding light on why solar radiation is more effective than other forms of energy at causing water to evaporate. The key factor turns out to be the oscillating electric field inherent ...

We all know that water evaporates when the temperature climbs, but researchers have just shown that there's another factor at play. The breakthrough could solve long-standing atmospheric mysteries and ...

A reader sends an e-mail asking how quickly we might be able to dry the damp ground after all the spring rain we've had. Many people don't think too much about where the water goes when there's a ...

Water has always responded well to sunlight, evaporating faster under the sun than when heated by other energy sources. For years, scientists knew this happened but didn’t fully understand why. Now, a ...