Environment & Sustainability

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

USC&GS Ship Explorer crew members on Attu Island in Alaska

USC&GS Ship Explorer crew members on Attu Island in Alaska December 15, 2025 Crew members of the USC&GS Ship Explorer trudge through the snow on Attu Island in Alaska, returning to their ship after installing a SHORAN (SHOrt RAnge Navigation)…

One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

“Here Comes the Sun” author and activist Bill McKibben on his newfound optimism, harnessing energy from heaven vs. energy from hell and how there are no (good) songs written about fracking. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our…

What your cheap clothes cost the planet

The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the most beautiful and forbidding places on Earth, so dry that it’s sometimes used by scientists to test run Mars missions. Most years the area sees less than half a centimeter of…