While all natural resources are created by the environment, some are regenerated much faster than others. We know that some of the resources we rely on have the potential to run out, while others are ...

Landscape ecologists and plant ecologists analyzed the production and extraction rates of 27 global renewable and non-renewable resources together with economists and sustainability scholars. They ...

Microalgae (phytoplankton), unlike macroalgae (seaweed), are single-cell microscopic organisms that live in freshwater or marine ecosystems. Through their growth, they produce biomass, which is ...

Renewable power is expanding at a pace the world has never seen before. Solar and wind projects now shape national energy ...

Much ado has been made about the world’s oil reserves, and for good reason–society would quickly spiral out of control if oil supplies began to rapidly decline. But oil is far from the only ...

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region may have a huge untapped renewable energy potential, but they have limited technical expertise available for identifying their resources and for addressing climate ...

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A natural resource is defined as a form of energy and/or matter which is essential for the functioning of organisms, populations and ecosystems. In the case of humans, a natural resource, in his words ...

Michael A. Smyer received funding from the Australian government as an Endeavour Fellow. He is the founder of Graying Green: Climate Action for an Aging World, a fellow of the Lewis Institute at ...