Charles River Algal Blooms Stop Swimming and Launch a Floating Wetland
By Andrew BlokEnvironmental Monitor The Charles River used to be a swimming hotspot for Cambridge and Boston residents. Decades of industrial pollution and nutrient runoff
By Andrew BlokEnvironmental Monitor The Charles River used to be a swimming hotspot for Cambridge and Boston residents. Decades of industrial pollution and nutrient runoff
By Bob DumasBoston 25 News BOSTON — Since early in the summer of 2020, a man-made island has been floating right in the middle of the
WBZ NewsRadio The first human-made island is 700 square feet and located just past the Longfellow Bridge, in the Charles River basin. Laura Jasinski is
Cambridge Chronicle The Charles River Conservancy and Northeastern University’s department of civil and environmental engineering, in partnership with Foth, an engineering consulting firm, and the
By Matt BergTHE BOSTON GLOBE In the latest effort to rid the Charles River of its notoriously “dirty water,” conservationists launched an artificial island full of
By Craig LeMoultWBGH On Tuesday afternoon, a team bolted together two dozen large structures off Magazine Beach in Cambridge, assembling an island like a floating puzzle.
By adamguniversialhub.com The Charles River Conservancy hopes to install a “floating wetlands” at North Point Park next spring to test whether the reintroduction of wetlands to
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