Tag: environmental

• Visiting the Second Fish Die-off this Year — Hudson River, Riverside Park, NYC. Dec. 26th, 2020

  

  Jonas St. Juste

  December 26, 2020

  Photographs

  b/w, black and white, Closeups, color photography, colors, concern, documentary, dramatic, environmental, fish, Hudson River, icpconcerned, Manhattan, natural light, Nature photography, New York City, Outdoors, park, photography, quarantine, River, shoreline, studies, Water, wildlife

• New York City – July 6, 2020: Thousands of Dead Fish Stretching along the Hudson River as seen from Riverside Park • July 6th • Hamilton Heights & Washington Heights, Manhattan

  

  The widespread deaths of Atlantic menhaden, and possibly other species, are most likely the result of prolonged heat and lack of rain, combined with other factors, which reduce levels of dissolved oxygen that the fish need to survive. Low oxygen (hypoxia) or no oxygen (anoxia) can also occur in water bodies when excess organic materials,…

  Jonas St. Juste

  July 8, 2020

  Photographs

  aquatic ecosystem, atlantic menhaden, brackish water, bunker fish, climate change, conservatory, ecology photojournalism, environmental, estuary, fish, fish die-off, fish kill, freshwater, Hudson River, marine life, nature, Nature photography, New York Harbor, Outdoors, River, state park