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The Science Survey
The exhibit is comprised of 18 citrus trees, each of which are in various stages of growth.

An Exhibition on Food Sustainability: A Review of ‘Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard’ at the Whitney Museum

Rida Nuamah, Staff Reporter
November 23, 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
Here is Recycling 101. The yellow bin is a mixed recycling bin, encompassing glass bottles, cartons, aluminum, and plastic. The blue bin is where the paper based materials and cardboard belong. The red bin collects materials with thin plastic lining like plastic bags. Finally, the green bin symbolizes composting, taking in food scraps, and prunings. (Photo Credit: Pawel Czerwinski / Unsplash)

A Day’s Worth of Waste and Its Impact

Ella Zheng, Staff Reporter
February 10, 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
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
Cellulose glitter is a great alternative to plastic glitter as it can come in a variety of shapes and sizes. However, since cellulose glitter is relatively new, it is difficult to find it in craft stores. Instead you can purchase cellulose glitter online.

The Not-So-Glamorous History of Glitter

Arianna Hwang, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2023
Students compare their water filters in an activity led by Cross River Reservoir educator Jessica Alba modeling the natural water filtration trees perform.

A Day Spent Upstate Learning About New York City’s Water Supply: The Benefits of Field Trips

Helen Stone, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2023
A crumbling wall is the only current remedy for residents living in Muara Baru, an area of Jakarta that has sunk fourteen feet in recent years. Behind the wall, citizens congregate as usual.

In the Era of Climate Change, Jakarta Fights to Stay Afloat

Charlotte Zhou, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Low income communities can take advantage of the affordable prices that thrift stores offer for necessities such as jackets and bags.

How Problematic is the New Demographic of Thrifting?

Chelsea Li, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2023
Karen (left) and Catherine, the GrowNYC compost workers. They spent their day organizing the compost toters and handing information about composting to patrons of the Greenmarket.

A Day at the Farmer’s Market

Tamar Padwa, Staff Reporter
July 25, 2022
A proposed 170 kilometer-long city, Neom plans to connect the coastal, mountainous and desert regions of Saudi Arabia

Utopian Saudi Arabia: A Campaign of Controversy

Yasmine Salha, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
Emmaa Afful ’22, president of the LEAP club, sees the potential of environmental activism. “I think LEAP demonstrates that there’s a way for everyone to contribute to large scale issues. While the effect might not be felt globally, changing even your school or one person’s mindset is just as impactful,” Afful said.

A Profile of LEAP, the League of Environmental and Animal Protection

Olivia Wronski, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
In 2021, protesters lined up outside the COP26 Climate summit in Glasgow to advocate for more strict guidelines and regulation on large corporations, in order to limit greenwashing.

Greenwashing: An Unsustainable Facade

Ayshi Sen, Staff-Reporter
April 18, 2022
Mycelium grows just as easily as mushrooms do in nature, which reflects how efficient and abundant it can be for humans to use this natural resource in different fields.

Learning to Nourish, Not Exploit: Using Mycelium as a Climate Change Resource

Sarah Infante, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2022
Last summer, Theo Lee '22 (center) and other Gardening Club members made several trips to Bronx Science to start weeding and cleaning out the school’s garden.

Organic Matters: A Profile of Theo Lee ’22

Maggie Schneider, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2022
Jackets meant for the most extreme weather conditions are now being bought up for 60 degree weather walks.

Gorpcore: The Gentrification of Hiking

Griffin Weiss, Staff Reporter
February 1, 2022
Ms. Wax and students play a game about energy policy in the Green Design and Clean Technology class.

Environmental Education: What Schools are Missing

Miaoting Zhen, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2022
Gruson stands next to BigBelly waste and recycling units. Although recycling is useful, "recyclable does not mean impact-less," he warns, as is still a form of disposal. Consuming less and repairing are better alternatives — that's why "reduce" and "reuse" come before "recycle" in the three Rs.

Andreas Gruson ’87: A Fascinating Career in Sustainability

Montana Lee, Staff Reporter
June 16, 2021
Pictured are some of the Editor-in-Chiefs of 'The Science Survey' discussing this advice column during a Zoom meeting. Pictured from rom left to right, top to bottom are Montana Lee ’21, Julia Sperling ’21, Kate Reynolds ’21, Logan Klinger ’21, Samama Moontaha ’21, Edie Fine ’21, and Jamie Lee Nicolas ’21

May 2021 Advice Column: Springing Into the Spring Semester

Julia Sperling, Samama Moontaha, Edie Fine, Kate Reynolds, Jamie Lee Nicolas, Montana Lee, and Logan Klinger
May 2, 2021
Here is an image of the California wildfires burning in between Joshua Tree National Park and Los Angeles during this past summer of 2020.

California’s August Complex Wildfires Are Officially Declared Modern History’s First-Ever “Gigafire”

Kaitlyn Chan, Staff Reporter
November 19, 2020
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