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 ...

While a product manufacturer or industrial plant may use more resources than a small clerical office, all businesses use natural resources. Some resources, such as trees, water and sunlight, renew ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This chapter considers the extent to which renewable technologies might contribute to the future U.S. electric power supply. To come to conclusions about the level that renewables might contribute to ...

In terms of the National Policy on Renewable Energy, it is essential to prepare a Renewable Energy Resources Development Plan ...