The deep seafloor could provide humans with supplies of valuable metals, but opinion is divided as to whether sustainable exploitation is possible and worth the ecological and economic risk.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Possible budget drop would halt access by researchers, educators, and the public to nondigitized collections and services of U.S. Geological Survey librarians, according to the agency.Read More »Climate Change
All of the ships should be “science ready,” whereas one should be “fully science capable,” according to new recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.Read More »Climate Change
The Resilience Dialogues program provides resources and expertise to help communities build individualized plans for resilience in the face of climate change.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Nearly 90 percent of respondents report hearing remarks that were racist or sexist or that disparaged someone’s femininity, masculinity, or physical or mental abilities in the last five years.Read More »Education
A recently initiated review of some marine sanctuaries and monuments has conservationists worried that ecological, cultural, and other benefits from those protected areas may not be considered.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
In a revised statement, the American Geophysical Union and Seismological Society of America reaffirm their view that the capability to monitor the treaty should be expanded, completed, and sustained.Read More »Climate Change
Governors, mayors, citizen groups, and others are moving ahead with regional and smaller-scale efforts to counteract climate change in the wake of the U.S. decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.Read More »
The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics also criticizes the U.S. withdrawal from the Green Climate Fund as perhaps more damaging than the nation’s exit from the Paris climate agreement.Read More »
