New study finds that even with more rain, drought periods as long as several decades are likely to occur in the near future.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
The election made a difference, say oil and coal mining industry heads, who expressed hope that the new administration will reduce regulations to improve development opportunities.Read More »Biogeosciences
Author Brian Berkowitz answers questions about his recently published article and the scientific and societal implications of his findings.Read More »Biogeosciences
For the first time, new research examines the response of terrestrial soil microbes to a massive natural gas blowout and offers hope for new remediation strategies.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
The Wolfcamp shale, which underlies a large swath of Texas roughly centered on the city of Midland, contains 20 billion barrels of oil that could be recovered with current technology.Read More »
After attending a groundwater conference this summer in Shenzhen, China, Water Resources Research editor Jean Bahr reports back and summarizes the water management challenges posed by large cities.Read More »Biogeosciences
The system currently follows and records the movements of more than 35,000 large fishing vessels globally to bring transparency to commercial fishing activities.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
