Low Oil Prices May Bode Ill For Climate

Deep-Sea Mining? Exploring Key Trade-Offs for the Energy Transition

This paper assesses the economic, environmental, social, and governance trade-offs between deep-sea mining and terrestrial mining.

Geologic Hydrogen: Could the Smallest Molecule Power the Whole World?, with Ishan Sharma

Ishan Sharma evaluates the potential of abundant underground hydrogen to provide clean energy, and what the geologic hydrogen industry would need to compete on a large scale.

Introducing the 2026–2027 Class of Critical Minerals Research Scholars

The Critical Minerals Research Lab is excited to welcome its 2026–2027 cohort of research scholars: sixteen PhD students, based at fifteen universities across eight countries, working on some of the most pressing critical minerals challenges.

Public Engagement Is How Projects Get Built

Research from Resources for the Future and other organizations shows that community engagement is a vital part of a mining project’s success.