Thursday, 12 February 2015

Go Ahead, Boston, Dump Your Snow Into The Harbor

Go Ahead, Boston, Dump Your Snow Into The Harbor


Boston’s having a rough go with snow. In the past 30 days, six feet of flakes have buried Beantown. There’s so much snow on the ground, in fact, that the city and surrounding regions are considering dumping it into the ocean to make room on the roads. What would that mean for the Boston Harbor? Bob Chant, a professor of physical oceanography and estuarine dynamics at Rutgers University, says it boils down to a question of ecological impact vs. public safety.

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