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Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team led by NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hénaff has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The infamous Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn is welcoming back canoeists after years of extensive environmental remediation efforts. This milestone marks a significant step in the ...

On a cool December day in Brooklyn, New York, in 2014, a group of academic and citizen scientists set off onto one of the most polluted 3 km stretches of water in the US. They’d soon find a thriving ...

Residents living near Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal will be able to find out within weeks if their building is contaminated with cancer-causing vapors — but only if they can talk their landlord into ...

One of the city’s most historically polluted waterways could eventually become a swimming destination if state environmental officials get their way. The state Department of Environmental Conservation ...

The Gowanus Canal is a mysterious and oft-misunderstood waterway. Its waters are heavily polluted and its bed covered in a thick coating of old industrial sludge called “black mayonnaise.” In ...

Students and teachers are learning more about the Gowanus Canal with the help of a robot researcher. The remote-controlled robot created by a team of researchers and students at the Polytechnic ...

Green Brooklyn links to an excellent Scienceline article that details the Gowanus Canal’s history of toxic pollution and gives an overview of current plans to clean up the waterway. Scientists are ...

Vincent Coppola lovingly recounts his youth in a neighborhood where violent conflict was the norm and the local waterway was ...