As COVID-19 continues to spread, it is important to understand how confounding factors, such as air quality, can affect the rates of respiratory illness in communities in NYC.
Our project aims to discover if there is a correlation between an increase in community gardens throughout New York City and an increase in biodiversity. We were inspired by the use of iNaturalist during the Bioblitz, and decided to use iNaturalist observations as our method of measuring biodiversity.
Plant species are constantly becoming endangered in New York. Our project explores what exactly endangered plant species are and what events have caused them to become endangered.
2020 is an unprecedented experience for many of us. Our lives were suddenly put on hold. Despite restrictions like quarantine, people still found ways to close the distance.