NCA is excited to continue work on the Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP) in 2016. Bioremediation in practice is the deliberate use of plants and microorganisms to restore a healthier soil ecology, and safely break down toxins in surface soil by exploiting the naturally occurring metabolic pathways of microbes. Working with the newly formed NYC Urban Soils Institute […]
NCA is excited to launch Newtown Creek SAMPLES, an intensive water quality monitoring program funded by the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund and the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The program will be run by NCA in conjunction with the Environmental Science department at LaGuardia […]
The summer is over and the data is in, and with the exception of a few days the dissolved oxygen in Newtown Creek was above the 3.0 mg/L level suggested for supporting fish life. The most stable spots I encountered were the Apollo Street and Meeker Avenue sites. At these sites the dissolved oxygen rarely […]
Greetings and farewell from one of the two Newtown Creek Alliance 2015 summer interns! As I wrap up my time with NCA, I thought this might be a good time to share something of what I have been doing for the past 3 months. I have been involved in a number of projects this summer, including […]