Incorporating Resource and Environmental Change in a Nation’s Economic Accounts: Roles for Earth Science Applications

Moving Development Rights Around to Hit Land Use Goals, with Nick Bratton

Nick Bratton discusses a market-based conservation solution called transfer of development rights and how the strategy can promote land conservation while facilitating residential and commercial development.

AI-Assisted Teams Outperform AI-Led Teams but Not Human-Only Teams in Assessing Research Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Science

With Large Language Models (LLMs) becoming widespread, this study tests whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT could help social scientists check if published research findings can be reproduced.

If/Then: To Reduce Wildfire Risk, Agencies Need to Manage Both Fire Prevention and Response

If wildfire management is consolidated under the US Wildland Fire Service, then the federal government will risk undermining integrated fire risk management, creating negative consequences for both fire response and land-management activities.

The Atlantic: “How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Soul”

A former RFF research analyst muses on the future of the environmental movement.