Snow and his former student Laure Raymond stand next to three bee hives, which are part of the apiary of Snow Lab. Natalie Novakova As wide scale die-offs threaten bee populations around the world, one scientist tries to solve a climate mystery. Natalie Novakova Every March, on a rooftop at Barnard College, in the heart…

Tina Li with her bird-rescue toolkit. Hypatia Wu  A group of volunteers is working to track and prevent the murder of migratory birds. Hypatia Wu Every Friday morning during the two bird migration seasons in New York City—from mid-April to early June for the spring migration and from late August to early November for the…

As the corporate clamor for carbon-capturing crops grows louder, a Brooklyn kelp farm tries to find the balance between building community and cashing in.