During the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State’s governor ordered a stay-at-home mandate banning all non-essential gatherings of individuals on March 22nd, 2020. This led to a drastic decrease in outdoor human activity and lessened our disturbance to nature. Our group was curious to examine if the social impact of the lockdown had any effect on NYC’s water sources!
December 3, 2022
kaylaaaron
December 21, 2022 — 10:58 am
This is such an interesting project because it is based on an unexpected time in out history. Nobody planned for such restriction on activity, but this created the opportunity for many accidental science experiments, especially on climate issues. Even though your hypothesis was not proven correct and there was not a significant change due to the anthropological effects on the water, I think that this is a great research project because it shows that even when there are expected outcomes, we should still research to investigate the truth. Great project!