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Each day, there are 610,000 bike trips made in New York City. (Photo Credit: Spenser Sembrat / Unsplash)

Citi Bike’s Impact on New York City Transportation

Lara Adamjee, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2024
Cafeteria monitor Lydia Du ’24 prevents a student from incorrectly putting a compostable lunch tray in the trash.

Meet the Heroes Behind Bronx Science’s Waste Management (You Can Be One, Too)

Anna Koontz, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2024
Receiving 300,000 visitors a year, the Byodo-In Temple gives tourists a glimpse of Hawaiian culture. The temple is home to koi fish, swans, and cats, and invites visitors to enjoy the peaceful natural surroundings.

Tourism: A Double-Edged Sword of Economic Prosperity and Environmental Impact

Grace Mao, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2024
Perhaps one of the most disheartening consequences of the climate crisis is its effect on stargazing. Many metropolitan areas are enshrouded by a coating of aerosols and destructive light pollution, obscuring the cosmos. In order to fight back against the climate crisis, we must search for the cosmos within ourselves instead. (Photo Credit: herdiephoto, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Self-Realization is the Key to Solving the Climate Crisis

Rajin Tahsan, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
In the United States, the LACEY Act prohibits the trade of wildlife, including timber, that was illegally obtained. Other countries have similar legal protections, such as Canada’s Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act. (Photo credit: Dan Meyers / Unsplash)

The Hidden World of Tree Poaching

Anna Koontz, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
New York City restaurants, which range from ostentatious to luxurious, sometimes being both, have limited space, because space in New York City is so scarce.

Balancing Profit, People, and Planet: Ongoing Struggles for Sustainable Practices in Restaurants

Maximilian Duravcevic, Staff Reporter
January 26, 2024
Here is the Climate Change March on September 17th, 2023, displaying the sheer number of people who are advocating for climate change awareness. (Photo used by permission of Climatestrikebxsci on Instagram)

The Importance of Marching to Save the Planet

Liah Igel, Staff Reporter
December 28, 2023
The Maple Street Community Garden welcomed residents from all over the city on June 3rd, 2023 for activities and games.

A Labor of Love: The Maple Street Community Garden

Acadia Bost, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
“Activism is my rent for living on the planet, said the American novelist and activist Alice Walker. (Photo Credit: Matt Hrkac from Geelong / Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Youth Activism: A Story of Perseverance and Passion

Ruby Moran, Staff Reporter
July 21, 2023
Whether it’s influencers starting off a TikTok by noting, “I’ve been seeing this product all over TikTok and had to try it,” or whether you’ve just seen the same ad everywhere, spending money for unjustifiable reasons is being normalized. (Jon Tyson / Unsplash)

Where’s Hyperconsumerism Taking Us, Anyway?

Marina Tiligadas, Staff Reporter
July 20, 2023
As of 2023, the total amount of plastic produced each year weighs approximately half the weight of the human population around the world. According to The Natural Resources Defense Council, half of that plastic is single-use.

Plastic Today and Plastic Forever: The History of Excessive Plastic Usage in America

Susan Cohen, Staff Reporter
July 18, 2023
Red-winged Blackbirds, while still common in New York, have seen losses of roughly 90 million birds since the 1970s. As Ken Rosenberg from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noted, “These bird losses are a strong signal that our human-altered landscapes are losing their ability to support birdlife.”

What Declining Bird Populations Mean For Us

Katrina Tablang, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
Located in northwestern Iraq, the Haditha Dam serves as a critical facility for generating hydroelectricity, regulating the flow of the Euphrates River, and providing local farmers water for irrigation.

Water Wars: Navigating the Complexities of Hydropolitics and Hydroterrorism in the Middle East

Pritika Patel, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
Zero Waste Schools representatives meet with New York City Mayor Eric Adams at his home, Gracie Mansion. “In every event we have attended, we have been the youngest people in the room, but our voices are heard,” said Moreen Massillon ’24.

What’s the Deal With Zero Waste Schools?

Yasmine Salha, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
Here are members of the Morning Glory Garden at a Sunday member meeting in early April.

Seeding Sovereignty in the South Bronx

Nora Sissenich, Staff Reporter
June 6, 2023
The philosophy of adding “just one more lane,” has led to abominations like the Katy Freeway, a 26 lane highway in Houston, Texas. And no, the extra lanes did not solve congestion.

America’s Car Problem

Asa Paparo, Staff Reporter
June 5, 2023
My grandparents walk hand-in-hand with my younger brother, enjoying a breezy spring day in the early 2010’s.

Eternal Sunshine of the Not-So-Spotless Mind: A Reflection of Nostalgia During the Spring

Sidney Lin, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2023
Nuclear fusion, unlike many nuclear processes today, does not produce any toxic radioactive byproducts or long-term nuclear waste.

A Leap Into the Future With Recent Breakthroughs in Nuclear Fusion

Stephan Chirinian, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2023
Current United Nations estimates have the human population reaching a maximum between 10 and 12 billion before the year 2100. However, there is some variability in these projections, as there will be many unforeseen factors.

Cheaper by the Dozen: What Reaching 8 Billion Means for Humanity

Lucas Melendez, Staff Reporter
February 7, 2023
Masses of discarded clothing lie in an abandoned factory in Cambodia.

The Role of the Internet in Fast Fashion

Yardena Franklin, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
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