Environment & Sustainability

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

Kenya’s overcrowded safaris: Wildlife for who?

Thinking of going on safari? You’re not alone.  The popularity of African safaris has led to a boom in safari companies, and scenes of overcrowded wildlife sightings and new tourism developments are becoming increasingly common in places like Kenya’s Maasai…

Body of boy, 15, recovered from Manchester reservoir amid UK heatwave

At least seven people have died in water-related incidents during record-breaking June temperatures The body of a 15-year-old boy has been recovered from a reservoir near Manchester, as police renewed warnings about the dangers of swimming in open water during…

Cow manure could be the next data center fuel

At first glance, Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, looks like most other industrial dairies. There are red buildings that house some 4,000 cows, a staggering manure pit, and two gigantic dome-like structures that serve as anaerobic co-digesters.…

Temperature records tumble across Europe as heatwave moves east

More than 191m people in Europe face temperatures over 35C, with extreme heat warnings from Germany to Hungary ‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are braced…

What Happened When an LNG Giant Came to Town

The nation’s fastest-growing gas exporter has leveraged the Iran war and permissive regulations to earn bumper profits. But people in tiny Cameron, Louisiana, say the firm’s operations have upended their lives. By Nicholas Kusnetz CAMERON, La.—Sherry Peshoff can see the…