In the era of climate change, every surface that offers a habitat to plants and animals counts.

Thanks to a project managed in partnership with the NYC Audubon and the company Brooklyn Grange, half of the Javits Center now has a green roof.

The work at Terreform ONE is defined as multispecies design. Their clients range from the businesses that commission the work to species that are on the edge of extinction such as the monarch butterfly.

A new study by researchers from Zhejiang University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology wed that urban heat reduces bird diversity by up to 15%, depending on the city and season.

Nature is disappearing at an alarming rate, with the built environment acknowledged as a significant contributor to the decline of biodiversity