The Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River and PCB Pollution The Hudson River is a body of water that stretches for 315 miles from the Adirondack Mountains to the Battery in Manhattan‚ reaching its deepest point of 216 feet in the Highlands near Constitution Island and West Point and reaches its widest point of 3 miles across at Havestraw. This river is one of the most beautiful and scenic of the Tri-State area. Unfortunately‚ it happens to be New York ’s most polluted river. The river
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Dredging The Hudson River For PCBs Tens of thousands of years ago‚ glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary‚ " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu). The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy‚ the highest peak in New York‚ and is 315 miles long. At its deepest point‚ World ’s End near West Point‚ it is 216 feet
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However‚ topics much more important such as pollution in the Hudson River barely make the headlines of newspapers or news broadcasts. One of the most concerning pollutant in the Hudson River is polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). According to the US Environmental Protection Agency : PCBs are a group of man-made organic chemicals consisting of carbon‚ hydrogen and chlorine atoms. The number of chlorine atoms and their location in a PCB molecule determine many of its physical and chemical properties
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biphenyls (PCBs) were released into the Hudson River‚ severely polluting the water and harming the wildlife that inhabit it. These toxins‚ which are responsible for the death of many fish and birds and the cause of many serious health problems in humans‚ settle to the bottom of the river‚ as they are unable to break down. One species in particular that was affected by this extreme level of pollution was the Hudson River Tomcod. Now‚ nearly sixty years since the Hudson River Tomcod’s initial exposure to these
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Zebra Mussels in the Hudson River There is a large population of zebra mussels in the Hudson River. The zebra mussel migrated from Europe on the bottom of boats. This organism’s population has greatly increased in the last few years and is causing many problems for the environment. The zebra mussel has a very negative effect on the environment surrounding the Hudson River because they are depleting the food supply of the fish‚ causing changes in the water‚ and taking up a lot of room. The Zebra
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The Canal which connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Therefore‚ the Great Lakes to the Atlantic were the main factor for Buffalo a thriving Commercial city. It was showed an easy statistic that before Canal there were 2500 residents and specialized in commerce along the Great Lakes. It was a revolution in transportation‚ even more‚ dramatic than railroads. Through this Canal‚ 50-ton bruges travel eastward city’s water-based transportation advantage also help Buffalo to become an early twentieth-century
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called Claude Monet’s 1973 work Impression‚ Soleil Levant ‚ “Impressionistic”. Going the opposite way of the Hudson River School‚ which focused on the idea of sublimity and power to provoke
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factor throughout history and has influenced how we think. The Hudson River School is a prime example of people’s love for art. Taking on characteristics of the Romanticism movement in Europe‚ the Hudson River school was the first painting based school in America. (2) With a strong sense of nationalism‚ artists painted beautiful scenes of American wilderness and desired to become independent of European schools of painting. (1) The Hudson River School was founded in the early 1820’s. (2) Artists Thomas
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Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Hudson River Formation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Hudson Canyon…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 Glacial History…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………17 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 Maps & Diagrams…..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19 Hudson Canyon……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..19 Geological
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feel as it was written clearly and precisely. Your message about living as we should was explicitly conveyed‚ yet it held so much significance concerning the way humans live versus the life of a weasel. After reading David Searcy’s essay‚ “The Hudson River School” I found correlation between the way Searcy lives his life and
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