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, SpaceX Invite Media to Watch Crew-12 Launch to Space Station

From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. NASA Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon…

Photos: Kew Gardens’ top 10 newly named plants and fungi for 2025

Over the past year, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the U.K., officially named 125 plants and 65 fungi. The new-to-science species include a parasitic fungus that turns Brazilian spiders into “zombies,” a critically endangered orchid with blood-red…

A Quarter Century in Orbit: Science Shaping Life on Earth and Beyond 

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to studying disease and…