Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

Rousseau was a repeat entrant in the prestigious Dijon Prize contests and actually won the coveted award a second time in 1754 for his “Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men.” In ...

Around 300,000 tonnes of peat is being extracted every year from unauthorised sites in the south and nearly all of it ...

WASHINGTON – The Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds June 18.

From Mexico City to the Mekong Delta, increasingly severe droughts caused by climate change are laying waste to ecosystems ...

Egypt has always relied on the River Nile for its freshwater but needs new sources to cope with a growing population. Desalinating seawater could be a solution.

Groundwater is declining across Eastern Washington's complex, interconnected aquifer system, as people draw on it for ...

The federal government must prioritize funding resilience and risk mitigation programs to protect American communities from ...

Blue carbon is the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows sequester and store more carbon per unit area than ...

News about Conservation of Resources, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

After initially emerging in China, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has advanced rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared it a pandemic, with Europe becoming its new ...

Only through multifaceted strategies can we address the hidden costs of energy poverty and break the cycle of inequality.