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Environment & Conservation

Environment & Conservation

A No-Brainer for Climate Action: Nature Your City

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Environment & Conservation, Plant Science

Conserving Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change in Southern Vanuatu

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Indigenous peoples are stewards of 80 percent of our planet's biodiversity, according to the organizers of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as ... Read More

Environment & Conservation

Forests: Heroes of the Climate Crisis

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In our last post with NYBG scientist Brad Oberle, we talked about urban forests. We zoomed in and looked at NYBG’s woodland in particular: the ... Read More

Environment & Conservation, Plant Science

Maslins vs. Monocrops: How Looking to the Past Can Change the Future

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We talk a lot about plants here at NYBG. And a big part of plant life, at least in the ways that they relate to ... Read More

Environment & Conservation

Urban Forests: Good for the City and for the Climate

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In our first post about Brad Oberle, an associate curator in the science division at NYBG, he introduced himself as a “tree hugger”—and it’s true, ... Read More

Environment & Conservation, What's On at NYBG

A New Red-Tailed Hawk Joins the NYBG Family

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For the last seven years, Nate and Liz, our resident pair of red-tailed hawks, have called the Garden their home. Read More

Environment & Conservation

Endangered Plants Find New Life in Ebony G. Patterson’s Coming Exhibition

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The Earth is in a constant process of turning over from old to new. This summer’s art exhibition of Ebony G. Patterson’s work reminds us ... Read More

Environment & Conservation

Solving Climate Change Conundrums: Ways Are There, but Can Society Find the Will?

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On March 20, 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released its latest report. Read More

Environment & Conservation

Environment & Conservation

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