Natural Resources

Nicole Horseherder founded Tó Nizhóní Ání – “sacred water speaks” – to protect Navajo aquifers against depletion by coal companies.

In a recent study in PLOS ONE, researchers from 6 different countries, including Camilo Alejo and Catherine Potvin of the Department of Biology at McGill University, examined the importance of…

This story was originally published by ProPublica and is reproduced here with permission. Sign up for Dispatches, ProPublica’s weekly newsletter. For well over a century, the oil and gas industry has drilled holes across California in search of black gold and a lucrative payday.

In 787 communities served by the United States’ largest utilities, 17% of households struggle to afford basic water services, an analysis finds.

More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have diminished since the early 1990s due to climate change and human consumption.

Thousands of Mumbai’s citizens are disconnected from the city’s water supply network. This photo essay reports on the impact of the poor governance of this essential resource on informal urban…

According to estimates, by 2040 the level of plastic pollution could reach 80 million metric tons per year. Plastic particles have now been detected in virtually all spheres of the…

Record-breaking heat waves and drought have left West Coast rivers lethally hot for salmon, literally cooked millions of mussels and clams in their shells, and left forests primed to burn.…

Climate models that don’t take the interaction of wind and shallow ocean currents into account can underestimate warming, research shows.

Extractivism props up patriarchal power structures but women create bold solutions.

With the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season less than two weeks away, Florida is already experiencing unprecedented rainfall and flooding.

The importance of land rights as a means for women’s empowerment is fairly evident, as it provides women with financial security, shelter, income, and livelihood opportunities. But how does the existing legal…