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A white stoat stands upright among patches of green grass.

The Olympics are over. But the mascot stoats still face climate change

Julie Zenderoudi • March 31, 2026

The two stoat mascots of Milano Cortina have a tough journey ahead of them as snow melts and their ability to camouflage worsens

A shoreline with the NYC skyline in the distance.

Digging up the past at Dead Horse Bay

Environment

Sarah Hofmann • March 12, 2026

The Brooklyn beach was closed in 2020 after radiological contamination was found. What's happened since?

Harmful exposures during the Gulf War put women veterans at risk of early menopause

Health

Avril Silva • January 27, 2026

A study finds Gulf War veterans were more than three times more susceptible to early menopause than the average American woman due to environmental exposures

A group of people wearing yellow hard hats and vests stand near a demolition site.

Rethinking waste, one art project at a time

Environment

Jenaye Johnson • July 22, 2024

Artist Kaitlin Pomerantz is on a mission to repurpose the unused, forgotten fragments that glue society together

The climate mathematician

Environment

Gayoung Lee • June 25, 2024

As the world warms, scientist David Holland is building a weather forecast for the polar ice caps

Andrew Coté, a NYC-based beekeeper, stands at his booth at the Union Square Farmers Market. He is surrounded by jars of honey.

Losing the scent

Environment

Carrie Klein • January 25, 2024

A new study suggests air pollution is changing flowers’ scents, throwing bees off-course

Yellow mealworms, the larvae of the yellow mealworm beetle, sit in clear plastic bins across from containers of small white plastic beads.

Insect microbes face off against the plastic pollution crisis

Environment

Jenaye Johnson • January 4, 2024

Plastic-eating enzymes in the guts of mealworms are one of many bug-centric ideas being studied, but environmentalists say it dodges the real solution: use less

Framed by a clear blue sky, a woman plants dune grass on a beach in New York City.

NYC students make ‘shore’ Coney Island is safe from storms by planting grasses

Video

Marlowe Starling • May 30, 2023

Students from three schools participated in a program to create ‘living shorelines’ along the coast to protect communities from storm surge and flooding

A botanist peers through a tiny magnifying glass to observe a small piece of moss. He is surrounded by tall phragmites, a type of invasive plant.

On Staten Island, flood control plans threaten a haven for rare plants

Environment

Marlowe Starling • May 5, 2023

Ten years after Superstorm Sandy struck the east coast, naturalists worry a government-funded storm mitigation plan will wipe out a historic ecosystem