COVID-19 impact

What’s cracking? Bird flu and its strain on egg production
Rows of egg cartons fill a grocery store's shelves.

In some places, eggs have doubled in price in the past year. (Raysonho/CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication)

Tiya Cantrell
Planet Forward Correspondent | Tuskegee University
What does your grocery tab have to do with diseases in birds? Find out why the price of eggs is more complicated than you think. 
How virtual ecotourism can revolutionize travel during COVID-19

(Photo by Hammer & Tusk/Unsplash)

Sara Whitelaw
University of Pennsylvania
Virtual ecotourism is an alternative to travel during the pandemic, as well as an option for better environmental conservation.
How 3 New York environmental organizations adapted to keep working during the pandemic

A view of the Danskammer Generating Station in Newburgh, N.Y., as seen from a train traveling on the other side of the Hudson River. (TomKonrad/Creative Commons)

Shayna Greene
The George Washington University
Before COVID-19 hit, there was another global crisis impacting people’s health and economic security: climate change. Here's how three environmental organizations are fighting for their communities during a pandemic.