Author: Board on Earth Sciences & Resources

We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between a...

Uranium mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been prohibited since 1982 by a state moratorium, although approval for restricted uranium explo...

Fractured rock is the host or foundation for innumerable engineered structures related to energy, water, waste, and transportation. Characterizing,...

Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, r...