Environment & Sustainability

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

Thai rubber smallholders race to meet new EU deforestation rules

Thailand’s natural rubber industry is racing to comply with a new EU anti-deforestation law that will take effect in 2027, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Thailand is the world’s largest producer of natural rubber and relies on approximately 1.7 million small-scale…

The growing global popularity of wildlife crossings

Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats fragmented by road networks, reducing collisions, helping protect threatened wildlife, and improving…

Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, Busy on the Moon (Apollo 17)

NASA Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 EVA (extravehicular activity) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The front portion of the…