Scientists sample Hudson River, NYC waterways in study on microplastics & microbeads
August 25, 2017
Ph.D. student Ye Li collects samples in New York Harbor July 6 in a study of microplastic pollution. (Photos: Leah Rae / Riverkeeper)
Barnard College student Shelly Lim helps gather water samples with geochemist Beizhan Yan July 6.
Researchers conduct research on microbeads and microplastics aboard Riverkeeper's patrol boat on Newtown Creek in NYC.
Riverkeeper's Captain John Lipscomb and Ph.D. student Ye Li collect a sediment sample from New York Harbor.
Joaquim I Goes, Research Professor at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, collects samples along the Hudson River.
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