Environment & Sustainability

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

Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier

Bad weather ​delayed expedition scientists’​ ​efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier ​in Antarctica ​and take measurements ​to determine how quickly it is melting. After the skies cleared, our journalists​, Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee​, took us along…

Honeyguide birds learn local human dialects

In northern Mozambique, local honey-hunters use vocal signals to communicate with wild honeyguide birds to locate and harvest honey. New research finds that human calls used across the region vary, but the birds learn these subtle differences and continue to…

Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Still, some plaintiffs remain hopeful that they can get their funding restored by arguing that Trump’s elimination of entire grant programs approved by Congress, in areas like environmental justice, is unconstitutional. By Lisa Sorg Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups…

Artemis II Crew Enters Quarantine Ahead of Journey Around Moon

The Artemis II crew poses in front of an Orion simulator Jan. 23, 2026 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/Robert Markowitz The next astronauts to fly around the Moon went into quarantine late Friday. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…

NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-12 Mission to Space Station

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation…