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Effectiveness of Particle Air Purifiers in Improving the Air Quality in Classrooms in Three Urban Public Schools in the Northeastern United States
(2018-11-06)
This study investigates whether Particle Air Purifiers (PAPs) are effective in improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in an urban school setting by removing PM2.5 and its elemental constituents from classroom air. In addition, ...
Identifying and Rank-Ordering Large Volume Leaks in the Underground Natural Gas Distribution System of Massachusetts
(2018-05-28)
Rising methane in earth’s atmosphere accelerates climate change, and natural gas is a major driver of that increase. In 2016, Massachusetts passed a law requiring that ‘environmentally significant’ leaks in the aging ...
Entangled in Policy: A Test Study to Determine Obstacles Created by Marine Debris Removal Laws and Management in Massachusetts
(2018-05-24)
In the past decade, marine debris has rapidly gained attention, and is now being recognized as one of the greatest threats to ocean habitats, marine life, and human health. All over the planet, animals are being discovered ...
Willa Cather’s Love Stories and the Land: The Interconnection of Human Emotion and Environmental Consciousness in O Pioneers!, the Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia
(2018-01-22)
Willa Cather is well known as a writer whose early novels’ narrative subtexts are environmentally focused. However, these interpretations of Cather’s Prairie Trilogy (O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and ...
Using Submerged Aquatic Vegetation to Assess Riverfront Areas and Ecological Condition
(2018-05-19)
Current regulations dictating development on the banks of river systems found throughout Massachusetts are scientifically incomplete and result in unproductive arguments between landowners and local governments. According ...