Natural Resources

Wildfires are becoming more intense and more frequent, ravaging communities and ecosystems in their path. Recent years have seen record-breaking wildfire seasons across the world from Australia to the Arctic…

The ocean can feel a million miles away when you’re sitting at your desk in your home/office or reading the news on your mobile device. While 40 percent of Americans live along…

In an era where climate change poses unprecedented challenges, the strategic development of healthier habitats emerges as a critical avenue for sustainability.

On World Water Day, U.N.’s latest report warns of a global water crisis. But the biggest takeaway is that we can still halt it.

While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished. Today, all that burning of oil,…

Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results bring few jobs or sizable investments for residents.

Rapid and accelerating groundwater level declines are widespread in dry climates where groundwater is used for irrigation. But some communities have found ways to turn things around.

A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view.

The landscape-level report, Funding Trends 2023: Tracking the State of Global Ocean Funding, presents trends on global ocean funding over the past decade-plus. The primary focus is on mapping marine conservation…

Water shortages are one of the greatest problems created by a warming world. A decentralized water system is a compelling counterargument to the notion that bigger is better.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework—adopted at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in December 2022—set forth the most ambitious global area-based…

In 1908 the U.S. government seized some 18,000 acres of land from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to create the National Bison Range in the heart of their reservation…