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Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond

The global water cycle describes the circulation of water—a vital and dynamic substance—in its liquid, solid, and vapor phases as it moves through the atmosphere, the land, and the rivers, lakes, and ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Hydrologic cycle can take thousands of years to spin

Bernadett wonders if it's true that all the water coming out of the oceans by evaporation eventually gets back to the oceans. Practically all of the water evaporated from the ocean does finally gets ...
The Digital Universe

BYU-created water cycle resources adopted by USGS for nationwide use

BYU's new hydrologic cycle, representing major water pools in blue text, natural water fluxes in black text and human-impacted fluxes in orange. Illustration by Eliza Anderson. The United States ...
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Lakes: Hidden Giants in the Global Hydrological Cycle

Inger Andersen is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 26 August 2025 When you think of water, you might picture ...
Rapid City Journal

Ask the Weather Guys: What is the hydrologic cycle?

Q What is the hydrologic cycle? "Weather Guys" Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin are professors in the University of Wisconsin-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.