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How did Foundry Cove get to be “the most cadmium polluted site in the world”?
A fact sheet about Gypsy moths
A fact sheet about the bacteria that cause Lyme disease
A fact sheet about oak trees
A fact sheet about ticks
A fact sheet about chipmunks
A fact sheet about mice
Provides a chart that students can use to remind them of the "normal" ranges for common water quality parameters.
How do urban areas affect runoff? What happens to streams when it rains, both in urban and in rural areas? This brief article provides and overview of the answers to those questions.
Describes how the water cycle has been altered due to human actions, focusing on land use changes.
Includes the major groups of living things in ponds, and a short discussion of eutrophication, along with the importance of detritus.
An overview of the history of wastewater in New York, including historic newspaper articles from the 19th century.
Students can learn about pollution caused by phosphates.
A short reading about pollution that causes a change in pH of aquatic systems.
An overview of nitrogen pollution, focusing on nitrate-nitrogen, the compound most commonly tested with school kits.
A basic overview of pollution, focusing on the Hudson River watershed.
A graphical overview of the carbon cycle, both prior to human burning of fossil fuels and after.
A basic overview of invertebrates found in an aquatic ecosystem.