Scarcity

Water wars are not inevitable but the result of bad management.

Rupert Russell explains the role of speculation in the cost of living crisis, and how states can undo the damage.

Swen Ore looks back at the history of rationing to imagine how a progressive decline in energy use might be managed.

Istanbul’s water reserves are drying up. With no miracle cure in sight, environmental science looks for ways to reduce water loss.

As some of Earth’s resources risk being depleted, could outer space become a source of raw materials in the future?