Citizen science, sometimes called crowd-sourced science, is when researchers engage with the local community, or even the global community to help gather data and solve problems. Scientific American has a page […]
My husband is an avid surfer- as are many of the friends I collected while living in Florida for 10 years. Yet somehow even living on a barrier island and working for a stormwater utility– I did not think much […]
As my friends who’ve recently made the mistake of asking me how my day is going already know- I am currently compiling data from a community survey that I’m distributing as part of my dissertation research. A few […]
Thanks for responding- you add a good point- I did not mean make light of the issues being faced in the Gowanus, merely to point out that sewage overflows (and associated bacteria) are a city-wide problem.
This should not be a surprise to you if you’ve been keeping up with the local headlines, or perhaps the amazing HBO series Bored to Death– which dedicated an entire episode to this pressing issue.
As a Maryland native and a stormwater professional- it’s hard to believe I’ve held off on this one for so long, but after seeing headlines like this, and this, and this– I decided it was time to do some […]
The record setting rainfall we’ve had over the past few days has caused yet another round of combined sewage overflows (CSOs) into the Gowanus Canal. While out for a walk today, I took these shots of the sewage […]
Next Friday is Brooklyn College Science Research Day ! The Students that I’ve been working with at the Academy for Urban Planning will be presenting their research project. This year, they did a stormwater study […]