Environment & Sustainability

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

NASA, Partners Update Launch Date for Mission to Boost Swift

The launch of Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft LINK, designed to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, is now targeting no earlier than 8:35 p.m. UTC+12 (4:35 a.m. EDT), Friday, July 3, on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket…

Can selective logging help the Congo Basin store more carbon?

The rainforests of the Congo Basin are the planet’s largest forested carbon sink: as these 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3 million square miles) of trees in Central Africa breathe in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they turn it into leaves…

Heat Wave Politics: GOP Leaders Deride Calls to Conserve

With half of Americans under a major heat advisory, official warnings and response are colored by the nation’s deep political divide. By Marianne Lavelle Seeking to sow unity amid a pending heat crisis, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani reaped a…

How Heat Affects the Brain

A growing body of research has shown that our brains work differently when temperatures spike.

Collecting Lunar Rake Samples (Apollo 17)

NASA Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 EVA (extravehicular activity). This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of the mission, at the Taurus-Littrow landing site.…