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Water Quality in Narragansett Bay
Organization(s):Nathan Bishop Middle School
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Ada Sobota-Walden
Grade Level:Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14)
GLOBE Teacher:Eileen Nugent
Contributors:Peter Garik, PhD, GLOBE Mission Earth
Kathleen Johnson, MS, GLOBE Mission Earth
Report Type(s):Standard Research Report, International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Salinity, pH
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Optional Badges:I am a Data Scientist, I make an Impact, I work with a STEM Professional
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Date Submitted:04/10/2019
My GLOBE project was inspired by and based around Narragansett Bay. It is local for me, and I learned at summer camp about it. Narragansett Bay connects the Seekonk river and the Atlantic Ocean. The water in the middle is brackish, a mix of Seekonk river’s freshwater and the salty ocean water. I wondered if the pH, or acidity, changes in the Bay, while I was thinking about doing my project on the salinity. My research question became: How does the salinity change, and does the pH change in Narragansett Bay? I wanted to know if the salinity had a sort of drop-off point where it got much higher, or if it rose at a steady rate. I found that the salinity increases, as expected, and that the pH lowers.