Environment & Sustainability

Learn about climate change, renewable energy, and sustainable living practices. CurioAtlas brings together research and solutions shaping the future of our planet.

The global gold rush consuming the Amazon (commentary)

In November 2025, Brazilian authorities, supported by Interpol, disabled 277 dredges used for illegal gold mining along the Madeira River. The machinery was valued at about $6.8 million. The operation dealt a substantial blow to one of the Amazon’s busiest…

How can Indigenous knowledge reshape AI development?

As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes a part of ecological monitoring, a growing body of research suggests integrating Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) into ethical frameworks for AI governance to prioritize environmental reports contributor Shradha Triveni for Mongabay. Researchers in a recent…

David Johnson, the owl man of Umatilla

At the former Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon, the weapons were gone, though their presence had shaped the land. Concrete bunkers stood among sagebrush and dry grass. Pronghorn moved through the open country. Badgers, once common there, had largely…

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US

The Elk Valley in southeast British Columbia is home to Canada’s four largest coal mines. With a proposed mine expansion moving through environmental assessment, people on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border worry the valley’s decades-old pollution problem could get…

The Summer That Broke Europe

Record heat and wildfires are devastating the continent, and scientists warn the climate crisis is getting worse.

WFI Systems

Explore the Wide Field Instrument These Roman’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow scientists to explore the cosmos all the way from the edge of our solar system to the farthest reaches of space.…

Ground Systems

Explore the Roman Ground Systems Roman will communicate through large radio antennas across the globe. Roman’s ground systems will support mission and science operations, providing the necessary capabilities to process and archive Roman’s data. These systems will be spread across…