Zinc Roofs Give Paris Its Signature Look. But They Are a Nightmare in Heat.
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
Environment & Sustainability
Learn about climate change, renewable energy, and sustainable living practices. CurioAtlas brings together research and solutions shaping the future of our planet.
Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts?
Both House and Senate lawmakers have advanced bills rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate climate research at the weather agency. By Marianne Lavelle To understand the bipartisan support that has emerged in Congress for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
Governments around the world are enacting measures to try to protect workers from the dangers of heat stress. They’re barely keeping up with the risks.
As Congress Takes a New Swing at Bipartisan Permitting Reform, Environmental Groups Are Calling Foul
The SPEED Act takes aim at the bedrock of environmental law in a bid to speed up the permitting process. By Aidan Hughes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this summer underscored deep partisan divides on energy and the…
An Arctic Researcher Explains Yedoma, the Permafrost Keeping the Planet Livable
“Everybody on Earth is dependent on the boreal forest shielding this permafrost from thawing.” Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Edward…
Can This Tree Still Save Us? In Some Places It’s Barely Hanging On
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries. By Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat A breadfruit…
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost • Photographs by Nicholas JR White From the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is…
Zinc Roofs Give Paris Its Signature Look. But They Are a Nightmare in Heat.
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
US environment agency could end reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’ The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their…
Climate Change-Driven Floods Continue to Displace Millions in Pakistan
Global warming brings wetter monsoons and catastrophic harm to countries that have not caused the crisis. Pakistan is bearing the brunt of it. By Keerti Gopal More than 2 million people have been displaced in Pakistan since June of this…