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Ellen Airhart
Ellen Airhart
Ellen Airhart recently graduated from the University of Texas with degrees in biology and rhetoric and writing. In her undergraduate years, she worked as an office manager, EMT, and finally as the founder and editor of the student newspaper’s science and technology department. While in New York, she plans to run her fifth marathon and visit the Strand Bookstore several hundred times.
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Ellen Airhart • July 26, 2017
A researcher who watercolored a salamander on her thesis now runs an art gallery
Ellen Airhart • July 26, 2017
Wide open spaces that power more than just tumbleweeds
Ellen Airhart • July 24, 2017
A dedicated crew gets plastic out of trees
Ellen Airhart • May 29, 2017
The training is grueling and the pay is low, but Spencer Noyes loves being a New York State environmental conservation officer
Ellen Airhart • May 15, 2017
Dry ice is a safe and effective pest control. Why can’t cities use it in parks?
Ellen Airhart • May 15, 2017
Spring is coming, and so are the rats. Here’s how to keep them out.
Ellen Airhart • February 6, 2017
Mimi Cheng and Dan Barber are putting trash on your table — in a good way
Ellen Airhart • February 1, 2017
How your food scraps are transformed into super soil
Ellen Airhart • January 18, 2017
Let it go… into the freezer
Ellen Airhart • January 11, 2017
Testing the Trash Queens’ limits on personal sustainability
Ellen Airhart • January 6, 2017
A video series you won’t want to throw away
Ellen Airhart • December 9, 2016
Engineers place more powerful wind turbines further apart, but still can’t save the birds
Ellen Airhart • November 11, 2016
New York City wants to try a new strategy to fight pond scum
Ellen Airhart • October 22, 2016
Particles from air pollution end up in your brain
Ellen Airhart • October 1, 2016
Exercise can’t hurt — but if you were exposed to mercury in the womb, it might not help your brain