Fungi are among the planet’s most important organisms — yet they continue to be overlooked in conservation strategies What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains Parasites are ecological dark matter – and they need protecting ...
where he continues to serve as Senior Advisor. At Markle, an operational foundation based in New York, he was responsible for overseeing strategic research on all the priority areas of the Foundation including, for instance: transforming health care using information and ...
U.S. exports of goods and services to Chinain 2014 were $167 billion, only about 1% of U.S. GDP. ButU.S. investment in mining structures(explorations, shafts, and wells) amounted to $146B at an annual rate in 2014:Q4. By the second quarter of this year that number was down to $...
The invalidation ofReko Diqlicense to Tethyan, joint venture of Canada's Barrick and Chile's Antofagasta, has turned away Pakistan'ssingle largest foreign investment dealto date. The deposit in Balochistan was expected to produce about 200,000 tons of copper and 250,000 ounces of gold annually....
Not everybody agrees that shale gas is a guarantor of economic prosperity or energy independence. Canadian geologistJ. David Hughes of the Post Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa, California, argued that shale gas wells are notoriously short-lived, declining in gas production by as much as 85 percen...