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environment Sept. 29, 2023

Scenes From a Flooded New York Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.

By Curbed Staff
mysteries July 25, 2023

What’s in the Subway Water That Drips on Your Head?A semi-scientific inquiry.

By Clio Chang
environment June 30, 2023

It’s AphidsThose bugs swarming the city are native New Yorkers.

By Adriane Quinlan
canada wildfires June 8, 2023

What New York Should Do Next Time There’s SmokeAccording to the experts, basically the exact opposite of what we did this time.

By Adriane Quinlan
parks and recreation May 31, 2023

This Is the Dirtiest Beach in New York CityCongratulations to Douglaston Manor.

By Clio Chang
supertalls Oct. 30, 2021

‘Being Silica’ Looks Hard at the Environmental Cost of Supertall ViewsAndrés Jaque’s installation at Rockefeller Center explores the material common to ultraclear glass and fracked natural gas.

By Whitney Mallett

environment Oct. 28, 2021

The Single Sentence That Could Upend the Environmental Fight in New YorkThe constitutional amendment on the ballot could protect the state’s air and water. Eventually.

By Caroline Spivack
the human menace Sept. 29, 2021

Humans Have Officially Killed Off the Ivory-Billed WoodpeckerThe U.S. will declare the bird and 22 other species extinct. There may be many more to come.

By Benjamin Hart