Water

The University of Arizona is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 2 globally in the area of water resources in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities.

Researchers are starting to tease out the relationship between morning soil moisture and afternoon rainfall under different atmospheric conditions.

According to new research, if current warming trends continue, an Indian Ocean El Niño could emerge as early as 2050.

The Gulf Coast is particularly vulnerable to storm surge. New research shows that as the climate warms, the Gulf Coast will be even more susceptible to extreme storm surges.

A study used the annual growth rings of trees to reconstruct a long-term climate history and examine "perfect droughts" in Southern California's main water sources.

Many of a community's built environment factors, such as housing age and density, vegetated land cover and lot size, are tied to how much water single-family residences use.

New research reports that conventional oil and gas production activities inject more water underground than hydraulic fracturing and other unconventional petroleum-production methods.

The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities also ranked the University of Arizona in the top 20 for library and information sciences, communication, and ecology.

While many forecasters are predicting this year's monsoon storms will appear later than usual, UA climatologists say the start of the 2019 monsoon season is still up in the air.

A new study led by a UA hydrologist is the first to examine the impact of large-scale groundwater pumping that began in the U.S. in the 1950s on surface waters.