Heat waves are among the world's deadliest weather hazards. Every year, vast numbers of people are killed by heat stress and ...

These can both be explained by a process called evapotranspiration. The definition is pretty simple when you break it down. It’s a process involving soil evaporation and transpiration.

In recent decades, global warming has accelerated the water cycle, especially the evapotranspiration phase (evaporation and plant transpiration), which can result in both more rainfall and more ...