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| eustatic | "this is cool. I'm in the Gulf Coast of the United States. We have a large algal bloom that happens every year, as well as a lot of nitrate waste ..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| philippg | "hey wattminder, what kind of contaminants can be expected? if they have a specific optical signature, then they can be detected with optical spect..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| wattminder | "Hi Philip, This is very interesting and timely. California is now experiencing a huge boom in Hydraulic Fracturing, a practice that employs water a..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "I've begun a MapKnitter map here: https://mapknitter.org/map/view/east-providence-waste-plant but it's hard to piece this one together! it's a ver..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "I believe there's not yet a map-- lynn, can you give an exact location so people can start a mapknitter map and start placing images? Or would you ..." | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| Larzag | "what has been done on this so far? I see that there have been a lot of reviews of the images, but did not find a map for them on mapknitter. " | Read more » | over 11 years ago | |||
| jenmansta | "Hey Liz et al! Just posted my on-the-ground, survey the sludge photos from December 15th w/ the publiclaboratory tag on flickr: https://www.flickr...." | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hey Eymund, Did you get any sense of how deep the upper milky layer on the water was on the 15th and 16th? It does look totally different than the ..." | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| liz | "Hi Jensta! We'd love to see your pictures! If you upload your pictures to your own Flickr site, and tag them "publiclaboratory", they will automati..." | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| warren | "Really stunning images, you guys - super super sharp. And a breathtakingly different look to the water -- really concerning. " | Read more » | about 12 years ago | |||
| jenmansta | "This project was a lot of fun to participate in. Thanks PLOTS, Gowanus Canal Conservancy and Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club for the balloon mapping da..." | Read more » | about 12 years ago |