Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.

Scott Thomas Erich is a Doctoral Lecturer in Environmental Anthropology at Baruch College, City University of New York. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington ...

A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control ​over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to U.S. sanctions and restrictive insurance c...

In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint

Traders and analysts warn of lasting disruption after damage to facility that supplies a fifth of the world’s LNG

Key sources of drinking water have been targets in past conflicts. And Iranian strikes have already hit close to some.

China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.

Exploring the historical origins of extraction and the growing field of Geoaesthetics, this conference queries how artists mined the geological imagination during this period. Presentations will respo...

Palsson, Gisli. The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 328 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691230986. Reviewed by Scott T. Erich (University of Virginia) Published on H-Environment (August, 2024) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Over the last fifty years, efforts to create, plan, and manage coastal zones have multiplied globally in the face of threats posed by intensifyin...