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Environment
Jenaye Johnson • July 22, 2024
Artist Kaitlin Pomerantz is on a mission to repurpose the unused, forgotten fragments that glue society together
Gayoung Lee • June 25, 2024
As the world warms, scientist David Holland is building a weather forecast for the polar ice caps
Carrie Klein • January 25, 2024
A new study suggests air pollution is changing flowers’ scents, throwing bees off-course
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
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
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
Meryl Phair • March 18, 2023
The New York Mycological Society is a “mushroom club for anyone”
Lori Youmshajekian • February 1, 2023
Millions of pumpkins end up in landfills every Halloween season, but there’s a better alternative
Meryl Phair • October 14, 2022
Sarah Cameron Sunde’s performance art contemplates our interconnection with nature
Maiya Focht • September 9, 2022
An infographic diving into three types of plastic-based fabrics and how they may be affecting our environment
Allison Parshall • July 29, 2022
The people of the South Bronx have almost no access to their own coast. South Bronx Unite’s Arif Ullah is working to change that.
Niranjana Rajalakshmi • March 21, 2022
Psychotherapists have different opinions about making climate anxiety a diagnosis
Maiya Focht • February 15, 2022
The mass-produced and over-consumed cycle of fast fashion has taken a serious environmental toll on the planet. But there are ways to fight back
Delaney Dryfoos • January 19, 2022
Invasive pigs chow down on mussels, threatening marshes’ resilience to drought
Huanjia Zhang • January 17, 2022
Draft power is coming back for many young farmers, as a tool and as a lifestyle