CUNY Academic Commons | Shail Suthar | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/suthars/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Shail Suthar is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 31a9f18b1809b70630262e7be686385f Saif Ali Khan replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98662 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:28:58 -0400 I agree in that taking the “easy way” or most convenient way isn’t always the best course of action. Past generations due to industrialization thought the same way as Josue Criollo did in that they did whatever necessary to manufacture large quantities of products in a short amount of time, and flash forward to present day—here we are trying to…[Read more]

]]> f7f814b1d98b1682c1a072a6dcc45d9d Saif Ali Khan started the topic Submerge Marine Festival (Micro Plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/eas-217-f20/forum/topic/submerge-marine-festival-micro-plastic/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:19:42 -0400 Sorry for the late post guys, had some issues accessing my academic commons, but to get right into it, MICRO PLASTICS!!!

It just hits different when you realize how much small pieces of plastic affects everything throughout the food chain from aquatic organisms all the way up to even humans. What was equally shocking to me was the FACT that WE as…[Read more]

]]> eea613825f55881ebe91e62bd95b4414 Saif Ali Khan joined the group EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/703366/ Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:42:19 -0400 b0fc92ec0fc73ddb7c46b5a5b067fee8 Antony De La Cruz replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98659 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:27:23 -0400 I agree with Hillary, education is the single most important aspect when it comes to the change in behavior that we are seeking. As she mentioned, it starts with the awareness that the general population lacks; not to mention the accelerated, short term, convenience seeking lifestyle that we have gotten used to. Regardless of these challenges, I…[Read more]

]]> 9a77f2becb99a29898f95dfe3d5274bd Antony De La Cruz replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98658 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:09:48 -0400 I appreciate the different perspectives and how informative they are in helping understand what motivates consumers when it comes to deciding what materials to use in their daily lives. The truth is that single use plastic simply is not sustainable. Yes, it is convenient; sure, it’s light, resistant, can be made to look beautiful, “easy” to…[Read more]

]]> f93898718839afd20a5d65d36f74968b Antony De La Cruz replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98657 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:47:21 -0400 I appreciated how they had different challenges for students of different grades. I am a strong supporter that it is never too early to start bringing awareness on these issues that impact all of us, but more so the younger generations. As mentioned by many, I was in shock to find out about the microplastics in our clothing. I think both Juliana…[Read more]

]]> c5831709c5277fdd29c72f0f31eea982 Antony De La Cruz replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98655 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:34:26 -0400 I completely agree with you Lauren. It was my surprise to find out that just in NYC local waters more than 200 fish species are present! OVER TWO HUNDRED! Did anyone else get to see the seahorse they caught in NYC harbor? Whales seen within miles of NYC waters?! It was quite a pleasant surprise and some refreshing news since the reports of species…[Read more]

]]> 5777ca95af77be79201c060ccc9b9a47 ronnie replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98646 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 03:22:43 -0400 I agree with you in that there is rarely any news media coverage about out local water pollutions and I think that this is A big reason as to why water poluttion has got to the point that it has now, especially with plastic pollution. If more coverage was given to significant issues like this, then plastic bag usage would have been banned much…[Read more]

]]> 801ce5b7a1524f86d1d38cae02266590 ronnie replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98645 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 03:11:43 -0400 In my opinion, the submerge festival was pretty interesting and helpful in understanding more about the impacts that humans have on marine life. The one thing that caught my eye the most was the discussion of plastic pollution. In largely populated cities(like new york) where there is a lot of human activity, plastic pollution is a major issue.…[Read more]

]]> 36d068ba2a67216eb4b1a5a6db399954 Laiba Sajid replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98644 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 03:00:52 -0400

Mahmoud Ahmed wrote:MICROPLASTICS! I have always known that normal-size plastics that are dumped into water bodies pose a huge threat to the marine life as well as human life. However, I never really thought of microplastics, and how they are as damaging and threatful as other plastics, as a matter of fact, they could be more dangerous since they…

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]]> f40e0dc690588ca3ee379e226c52659d Laiba Sajid replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98643 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:45:58 -0400 Prior to watching the live video, I thought that the river was not as maintained. Although the event was targeted towards kids, It was very eye-opening for me. I learned that there are so many aquatic wildlife living within the waters and to quote from the live stream “the river was a living thing itself”

-Laiba Sajid

]]> 4259d9fb58f87b5cb6ed31f94708a092 Ahmmed Elbadri replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98642 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:44:55 -0400 One solution I would suggest regarding increasing the frequency of water fountains, is installing a fountain at each fire hydrant. Fire hydrants are generally not in use 90% of the time, and especially in the summer people open them and waster water. My idea is that by sharing the water of fire hydrants for fountains, we can reduce the need for…[Read more]

]]> ceda642d7bdca5a03b64c6da2f1f4401 Ahmmed Elbadri replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98640 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:40:51 -0400 I agree with lauren on the fact that people should realize how much money they’re spending on plastic water bottles. My family recently took a liking to buying a pack of water bottles each month and I hate it because it’s a waste of money and it also isn’t good for the ecosystem in the long run. In my home country it was rare for people to buy…[Read more]

]]> 658798f18002506bb76f19acab1c8642 Michelle Wagner replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98638 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:02:33 -0400 I defeinitely agree. I never put that much thought into the types of material clothing that I wear and especially do not think about how the fibers of those pieces of clothing will travel through our water systems and be potentially harmful to the environment. The experiment that showed this fact was eye opening.

]]> f9a9c615a4a102d0075bf96b9e505524 Lauren Liberty replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98636 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:28:19 -0400 I would reckon that reusable materials are much more cost effective for buyers and manufacturers. They might cost more to make initially but there isn’t a constant need to be producing at the rate that we do with single use plastics. You buy a reusable shopping bag and you’re set for years to come and you save money, since thankfully we get…[Read more]

]]> c0593c067e75444cba18eea451801666 Lauren Liberty replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98635 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:20:09 -0400 I never thought of NYC and its immediate surroundings as much of a source of nature and wildlife. I heard and see people with fishing poles and wondered where the heck they were fishing. It was an absolute joy to learn that there is an abundance of life below the dark surface of the Hudson. It was quite fascinating learning about all the species.…[Read more]

]]> dec7298255f55b92a2573f16fc62af9f Steven Kidder replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98634 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:08:48 -0400 When I was younger, using plastic water bottles was basically unheard of. There were water fountains all over the place… Now when I go to the park, the fountains are often non-working. Is there a stigma against water fountains? New York City water, in particular, starts out super-clean in the Catskills, and sure there is some possible…[Read more]

]]> 9888ffb6199ab7e50d9adf2633cfae0a Passang Lhamo replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98633 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:58:06 -0400 True 100%. I feel like media are only showing the world’s  oceans  are polluted to get more coverage and attention. It sad that media rarely covers our community plastic issues. But I believed we as individual can make difference by posting the reality of NYC plastic pollution through social media or creating blogs. Even though we may not d…[Read more]

]]> a17eeeb1a8d2d6f18a58ee72c447e886 Hillary Andrade replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98632 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:55:27 -0400 Even though the plastic bag ban for NY was implemented last month, we were behind compared to other states such as California. Other countries have long implemented this ban too, such as Colombia. I feel like we could be doing better as a state to reduce plastic waste.

I don’t think that it’s a sign of failure, but more a sign of lack of…[Read more]

]]> 0b5b7c23989b340a208f6d0e84681831 Jose Mazhuvanchery replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98629 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:51:39 -0400 This presentation was truly eye-opening for me. I always knew that our rivers are polluted but I never fully grasped the degree to which the way we live our daily lives is contributing to this issue, such as washing our clothes. Like Gary mentioned, I really like the idea of using robots to track the pollutants along the river. Unlike cleaning a…[Read more]

]]> fde1c62c05cdac941174dcb6080f25e1 Passang Lhamo replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98628 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:51:23 -0400 I agree but than I feel like we had enough plastic that more than our need. But I feel like it will be helpful for our environment  if every individual recycle there used plastic bag if possible.

]]> 0ddf30ea8b82f89a418a94eeb5b6be06 Abigail Doris replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98627 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:49:41 -0400 I think sometimes, it easier said than done. What I mean by this is, yes there are programs that implement recycling in NY, but I think many of the action weren’t implemented due to the lack of government involvement. For example, if the government have not got involved in the single- use of plastic, NYC would still be using plastic bags at most…[Read more]

]]> 34ab47bb0ba156ade3415ba4e64d1671 Passang Lhamo replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98626 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:46:35 -0400 When I heard submerge festival, I thought they will  only show a marine animal and description of them but I was wrong. To my surprise this event was  very informative  and insightful in various ways. For example how the New York city sewage works, water recycles and plastic issues. Out of all events I loved plastic pollution topic. I ap…[Read more]

]]> fc520e664ad7f00b4b7372a013137186 Hillary Andrade replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98625 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:45:03 -0400 This program is also great because they provide observational tanks for tours that use water straight from their river. This allows them to record any changes in the turbidity of the water along with other pollutants. This program keeps track of organisms such as seahorses, oysters and different types of plankton.

]]> 24abd37bd6d28415c0a0690d71a95186 Jose Mazhuvanchery replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98623 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:24:28 -0400 I agree with Jason Chen’s comment about single-use plastics are more cost-effective in terms of manufacturing them. one observation that I have noticed that many of the stores in New York stores are doing is the use of paper bags instead of single-use plastic bags. However, I do agree this is the best option as an alternative to plastic bags. From…[Read more]

]]> 2812bb4c3801826772d9dee55cd7c4d1 Sarah Pena replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98622 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:15:35 -0400 I agree that it is amazing how conservation efforts have helped improve the natural habitats within New York City’s waterways. The talks about what kind of wildlife has returned to the Hudson were some of the most surprising (positive) information that I have heard in a while. I was visibly and audibly shocked when they revealed that there are w…[Read more]

]]> 13db0079ed11bc86768037177f6bb1f9 Julian Castillo replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98621 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:05:07 -0400 Plastic caught on in popularity for how its really durable for how cheap it is for the consumer, but you can also get a decent re-usable bottle for about 10-20 dollars. It’s that getting a plastic water bottle at a corner store is easier than buying a reusable one and then finding a place to fill it up. Many people know the damage that plastic can…[Read more]

]]> 3368a2480ce78c761dd385b237f66490 Mahmoud Ahmed replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98619 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:01:22 -0400 I totally agree with the obligation us a the society has the reduce our use of plastic material, but when you look at how it is really being implemented, you find that if you order an ice coffee, you would still get it in a plastic cup with a papered straw. People still not paying full attention to the issue, and what it seems to me is that some…[Read more]

]]> 01bccf19c1b53d6753fc9f67bc26f142 Sarah Pena started the topic Submerge Marine Fair: Thoughts on Some Long Term Solutions in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/eas-217-f20/forum/topic/submerge-marine-fair-thoughts-on-some-long-term-solutions/ Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:53:33 -0400 During the Submerge marine fair, one of the most prevalent pollutants that was talked about was plastics. They would talk about many of the short term solutions to combat plastic pollution. They would set up barriers that would catch plastic debris,  collect data on the most common form of plastic being collected (styrofoam from food containers),…[Read more]

]]> e07f4d8b72893f695b10b768a94bb1cc Julian Castillo replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98617 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:49:14 -0400 The part about whales got me really interested too, I always thought that the NYC harbor was too small to have whales come around here. I looked up at some articles for research and apparently there have been an increase of whale sightings in New York. They attribute that increase to the fact that the waters have gotten much cleaner due to the…[Read more]

]]> f0107dc7f6c330eb5086d60f64ddabe1 Steven Kidder replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98616 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:13:31 -0400 Like many of the comments, I also hadn’t given much thought to microplastics or the idea that doing laundry would be an issue… I would be interested to see the detrimental effects better documented though–like if you keep fish in an a tank full of microplastics, what happens compared to normal?

]]> 1669e31228951a9d646b508aba432977 Steven Kidder replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98615 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 23:02:08 -0400 Are you sure that “Single-use plastics are definitely more cost-effective when compared to any other materials that can be used”?  Are you considering the long term costs on ecosystems, environment, and the effects these could have on people?

]]> f3bd03d8c5e90d95de350ad80730ba48 Gary Fung replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98614 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:59:32 -0400 I was interested in this question as well and tried to google it, I found this article which a teen from Ireland invented a new method that can remove 85% to 92% of microplastic in water.

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/irish-teen-invents-method-remove-microplastics-ocean-wins/story?id=64731771

 

]]> 1df54d18841ee518d834620bf6b66d2b Gary Fung replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98613 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:45:44 -0400 While watching the student vision challenge, I was impressed with the creativity that the different presenters used to approach the challenge of cleaning the river. I was particularly interested in using robots to track the pollution at points along the river and wished that they went more in-depth with how these robots will work to clean up and…[Read more]

]]> 2af06bd27abb07aad1a2329228f693ff Elihu Fleury replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98612 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:38:42 -0400 I think this topic is very timely given the plastic bag ban coming last month.

As such, this whole video made me wonder about one thing – when recycling programs have existed for years, isn’t this a sign that they have been a colossal failure?

And as a result, shouldn’t reform of these programs become a part of addressing this problem? Because I…[Read more]

]]> 6085352b14678315bc4f771a518a3c40 Abigail Doris replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98609 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:28:02 -0400 Wow, who you would have thought that plastics, let alone micro-plastic, would have such an impact on the environment. I am aware that NY recycle plastic because it is a huge amount of solid waste and it takes centuries to break down in the landfill or ocean. However, I never thought about how plastic can end up in the ocean through our combined…[Read more]

]]> aebafd8c3fd5567fe0db7ce3100e809a Juliana Salvador replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (Billion Oyster Project) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98607 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:25:23 -0400 I really liked this project too. I didn’t know oysters were so important to NYC waters. What I found really interesting that the oysters have the ability to clean the water they are living in. It was nice to learn more about this project because recently in Long Island old train cars were dumped off the coast in order to create an artificial reef.

]]> 60325555c69d0cccc5308dbb4306a428 Juliana Salvador replied to the topic Submerge marine festival (student vision challenge) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98606 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:06:39 -0400 I did a project on this topic last semester for my writing for the sciences class. Each time we wash our microfibers and plastics end up in the water used to wash the clothes. Also, another source of pollution is the dyes used to color our clothes a lot of manufactures pollute our waters. It is good to wash your clothes less because you are using…[Read more]

]]> 2fc73fb28c26cb88bb3579cc16cba3b2 Sheila Massiel Cáceres Ferreras replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98602 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:44:58 -0400 You should definitely check the work from The Ocean Cleanup! they are a Netherlands based organization working to obtain solutions for the plastic pollution problem. One of their technologies, which I would say it’s like a trash boom but in a larger scale, it can be used in open water, and it has caught micro plastics in previous tests.

]]> cd35ea9e67947f34124c38e4b9adbba7 Jose L Villalba replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98601 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:37:02 -0400 Gabreielle you are right, a lot of plastics, a lot of damage. I’ve thought about the cheapness of plastics and its economic benefits for businesses also, but that probably is only the case because the indirect costs of remediation, loss of sea-life, reduced ocean productivity and increased health costs by individuals aren’t shouldered by them.

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]]> a0a1b898f3799779a81425c6a1ad9694 Jose L Villalba replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98600 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:34:09 -0400 It’s curious to see what the affects of the micro-plastics are as it bio-accumulates and is eaten by us as Jayson also mentioned. Micro-plastics have also been found in freshwater rivers far from people in places like the Adirondacks and large national parks like Yellowstone.There is a cool data-set here:…[Read more]

]]> d96e66d6d15dba9b7cae11a73bcc0f0c Sheila Massiel Cáceres Ferreras replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98599 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:31:29 -0400 With the webinar I learned a lot about NYC waterways, the wildlife present and the work dynamic of some organizations here, but when it comes to environmental problems, plastic pollution is generally the one I’m most interested about. In NYC there’s a lot of consumption, movement and obviously a high level of population, so I shouldn’t be…[Read more]

]]> c182e0fdbe2ce08cf204d74699a42445 Jose L Villalba started the topic Carbon cycle in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/eas-217-f20/forum/topic/carbon-cycle/ Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:19:50 -0400 The streams/webinars were more specific to the water, whether it was animals, plastics, pollutants or as a carbon sink but the land details were interesting. I was curious and went on to more websites including carboncyclescience.us and drawdown.org and  one document on carboncycle reported that as much as ~13% of global carbon is attributable to…[Read more]

]]> 96171cb94a114f8f94b85f35fb85e559 Elihu Fleury replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98591 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:20:45 -0400 Personally, what I found surprising is that the plastic problem is so acute here.

I’ve heard many times about how plastic can contaminate our waters. However, when it’s covered in the media, it usually covers what is happening in the big oceans (the Pacific, the Atlantic). There hasn’t been much coverage on our local waterways.

The plastic…[Read more]

]]> 0cba9d0f69aaa580d6b5ca47056e0676 Nicco Valente replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98577 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:53:39 -0400 I was also curious as to why it would be advantageous or necessary for an eel to travel so far back and forth to lay their eggs. After a quick Google search, I found out that the mating and birthing patterns of eels is still quite unknown. Until only relatively recently, it was only hypothesized that eels travel to lay their eggs and it has never…[Read more]

]]> b971ab75fcd294841a1c2f6509025efc Tun Tun Win started the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/eas-217-f20/forum/topic/submerged-marine-festival-wildlife-2/ Sun, 27 Sep 2020 17:41:20 -0400 I am very interesting about the Eel project in the Hudson River. I saw that young volunteers students are involved in this project and I noticed that the Hudson River is a wonderful esturay. It is where must of the water shed of Eastern New York. Drain down and eventually meets the ocean and this provide the wonderful interplay of animals that…[Read more]

]]> 232fd42f9190fd9202cacfea4ee5c884 Nicco Valente replied to the topic Submerged marine festival (wildlife) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98566 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:19:08 -0400 I was surprised how important the waters of New York are to the overall ecosystem. Normally, the waters are thought of as polluted and uninhabitable, but a number of fish rely on these waters, including the Atlantic and short-nose sturgeon, Atlantic tomcod, and American shad. These fish contribute to the overall ecosystem of not only the New York…[Read more]

]]> 47c675061fffd93b70b95fd076d54930 Rebecca Nguyen replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98560 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:35:34 -0400 I have always been interested in plastic and all the subcategories that comes with that broad term. It was so interesting to learn about plastic pollution here in NYC. The New York sewer system is a complex system but the model they showed during the presentation made it easy to understand and digest. I didn’t know it took as little as 10th of an…[Read more]

]]> 7c3fefdc82b1d9d948aa376a39510641 Jayson Chen replied to the topic Submerged marine festival in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98559 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:28:49 -0400 Single-use plastics are definitely more cost-effective when compared to any other materials that can be used. However recently there have been efforts to combat the vast increase in the use of plastics and its pollution. Some examples were the recycling of plastics bottles into fibers to create clothing, or the recent ban in NYC on all plastic…[Read more]

]]> e5ac7e48096eb3a7cc722d13ab1b68cb Jayson Chen replied to the topic Submerged marine festival ( plastic) in the forum EAS 217 F20 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=98558 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:22:49 -0400 The different events from the talks about our sewage system, marine life in the Hudson to the effects of plastics and methods to combat the plastic pollution were all informative and definitely eye-opening not only to the effects we have on the entirety of the Earth but also the huge impact that we have right here in our local neighborhoods. One…[Read more]

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