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When it comes to mental health, there might be something in the air

 Environment
• April 4, 2023

Scientists are unraveling air pollution's effects on mental health

Two hands with grey fingerless gloves hold up the ridged underside of a white oyster mushroom

A mushroom walk on Staten Island

 Environment
• March 18, 2023

The New York Mycological Society is a “mushroom club for anyone”

Damaged homes line a street in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian wrecked southwest Florida. Why weren’t there more warnings in Spanish?

 Environment
• February 20, 2023

Delayed evacuation orders and a dearth of Spanish-language weather programming left many in the Hispanic community unprepared

A river runs through a forest of trees. Water flows over a small barrier in the foreground, and continues on through rocks covered in fall leaves.

On the hunt for hidden dams

 Environment
• February 10, 2023

Scientists say the "ghost dams" scattered throughout the country's waterways pose ecological risks

child smashing a pumpkin with a garden tool

Don’t toss your rotting pumpkins — smash them!

 Environment
• February 1, 2023

Millions of pumpkins end up in landfills every Halloween season, but there’s a better alternative

A wide image photograph of la plaza cultural, where you can see a scraggly tree arched over the koi pond, with a gazebo in the distance and the city peaking out from behind the foliage.

Compost, the stuff of life

 Environment
• November 3, 2022

Tucked away in the East Village of Manhattan sits La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez, a symbol of community resilience and dedication to greenspace

A photograph of the activist/artist Sarah Cameron Sunde in a red wind breaker, standing on the beach in her climate change performance.

The transformative power of environmental art

 Environment
• October 14, 2022

Sarah Cameron Sunde’s performance art contemplates our interconnection with nature

A shoreline of empty mollusk shells descends into a pond. Grass in the background also extends into the pond.

To help Jamaica Bay’s threatened wildlife, help the poachers

 Environment
• September 1, 2022

The fragile estuary is also a vital food source for New Yorkers, including Asian Americans, suffering during the pandemic

An African cheetah

Cheetahs will soon return to India – but for how long?

 Environment
• August 26, 2022

Decades after the last Indian cheetah was killed, 36 will soon be imported from Africa. Conservationists aren’t sure it will work

Two macaques huddle on a pile of downed trees on Cayo Santiago, after Hurricane Maria.

Tracking hurricane-induced aging in our genetic primate relatives

 Environment
• August 22, 2022

Immune systems of rhesus macaques aged two years after Hurricane Maria, suggesting humans could also age more quickly after natural disasters

Winona Quigley stands in the frame in her denim coveralls, folding and holding taut a piece of cream colored fabric over a plastic covered workbench. A large stainless steel pot and a large tub of blue detergent sit on the far end of the work bench.

Draped in the colors of the Earth

 Environment
• August 19, 2022

The textile industry has largely left behind traditional methods of dyeing. Winona Quigley is working to change that

Arif Ullah stands on a street corner in front of a brick wall with South Bronx Unite written in chalk on the wall

Inside a coastal community’s fight for a greener waterfront

 Environment
• 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.

Wildlife rehabilitator Tristan Higginbotham holds a small ovenbird

Making the city that never sleeps safer for birds

 Environment
• July 7, 2022

New York City is at the center of a political fight over dimming nighttime lights that attract and kill migrating birds

Gopher frog squats on ground with golden and brown spots

While humans battle COVID-19, frogs fight their own epidemic

 Environment
• June 24, 2022

Amphibians battle against pathogens, wildlife trade and changing habitats

A gif of Hunga Tonga's eruption, as seen from space. A massive grey cloud of ash emerges from the middle of the ocean.

The hidden power of submarine volcanoes

 Environment
• May 23, 2022

In January, an underwater volcano in Tonga produced the biggest eruption the world has seen in decades. Why was the blast so intense?

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