In some parts of the world, natural resources are a given; in others, they’re a daily challenge. Our latest short film, Broken Landscape, examines the confrontation between those that rely on “rat-hole” coal mining for a living in northeast India and those affected by water pollution downstream.

Jill Shankleman also gave us some ideas about how low oil prices might affect Africa’s petro states; The Washington Post’s Chris Mooney dove into how the U.S. military is experimenting with behavioral change to improve energy efficiency; and the UN reminded us of the intersection between gender roles, natural resources, and conflict recovery in many places.

Here are the 10 most read posts for January:

1. UN Report Highlights Women’s Roles in Natural Resource Management During and After Conflict, Priya Kamdar

2. Low Oil Prices Could Shake up Africa’s Petro States, Jill Shankleman

3. Broken Landscape: Confronting India’s Water-Energy Choke Point, Sean Peoples

4. Can the Military Help Change the Way We Think About Energy? Schuyler Null

5. Clearing the Air: Is Natural Gas a Game Changer for Coal in China? Luan “Jonathan” Dong

6. Why Has the Demographic Transition Stalled in Sub-Saharan Africa? Elizabeth Leahy Madsen

7. Bridging the Gap: Family Planning, Rights, and Climate-Compatible Development, Benjamin Dills

8. Water Wars? Think Again: Conflict Over Freshwater Structural Rather Than Strategic, Cameron Harrington

9. What Climate Conflict Looks Like: Recent Findings and Possible Responses, Jeffrey Stark

10. Reporting on the Spaces Between: How to Cover Climate, Population, and Health Connections, Kathleen Mogelgaard