evaporation

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Eric Tillemans, DWP’s interim aqueduct manager, told the state board that the city’s studies have found Mono Lake’s levels are “more dependent on precipitation, evaporation and runoff than any other factors.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Eccrine sweat glands perform a critical function: cooling the body via evaporation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

It acted as an insulating lid, limiting evaporation and water loss while still allowing sunlight to warm the lake during warmer periods of the year.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Moisture lost to evaporation and drought, plus runoff from pumped groundwater, now outpaces the melting of glaciers and the ice sheets of either Antarctica or Greenland as the largest contributor of water to the oceans.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

The peril of irrigation for farmers is evaporation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann