Submerged aquatic vegetation, or bay grasses, in the Severn River Sanctuary in Anne Arundel County, Md., on July 10, 2016. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program) Scientists from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have led surveys of underwater grasses since 1979. In 2017, they recorded 104,843 acres of grasses, exceeding the Chesapeake [...]
At the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts this past July, Penn State University (PSU) professor Denice Wardrop joined the Art of Discovery booth to showcase relationships between humans and plastics. Wardrop is a professor of ecology and geography and helped the booth with the plastics project as a follow up to an exhibit at the [...]
A researcher at University of Maryland Department of Environmental Science and Technology has invented a new way to measure the quality of wetland soils. Since wetlands are heavily protected, classifying an area as a wetland is an important and often difficult job for assessors because confirmation of the presence of wetland soils requires proof that certain biogeochemical processes [...]
A team of researchers from Virginia Tech (VT), University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Penn State (PSU), and USDA published a new climate change study in Science of the Total Environment this past May. The goal of the study was to better understand nutrient exports from agricultural landscapes under the effects of climate change. The research [...]
Conowingo Dam CRC Director Bill Ball was recently quoted in a Johns Hopkins Magazine article about the need for increased upstream agricultural BMPs to alleviate the sediment build-up behind Conowingo Dam. The dam has been in place, collecting sediment, for almost a century. The dam was completed in 1928 as a hydroelectric and flood [...]
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), a federal-interstate water resource management agency, currently has two internship opportunities: Environmental Paralegal - Directorate Branch Data Analysis - Water Resource Management Branch Environmental Paralegal - Directorate Branch The Environmental Paralegal Intern will support DRBC’s in-house counsel and coordinate closely with communications staff, technical branches, and other members of the directorate. [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Modeling Workgroup has just completed several years of active model development in support of the CBP partnership’s 2017 Midpoint Assessment. The Midpoint Assessment applies the newly developed Phase 6 Suite of Modeling Tools in support of managing the historic 2010 TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The [...]
Baltimore County Stream Renamed in Honor of Reds Wolman Map showing where the stream is located Thanks to efforts by Johns Hopkins University alumni, faculty and former faculty, and other prominent geomorphologists and hydrologists from throughout the nation, and with the gracious endorsement of Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach, a unanimous vote of the Baltimore [...]
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) is gearing up for the 2018 Chesapeake Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18), which takes place June 12th through the 14th at the Crowne Plaza in Annapolis, Maryland. Here is a complete guide to everything you need to know about the conference: Registration: Registration is still open! Just make an account through [...]
Researchers at Virginia Tech recently published a paper in "Science of the Total Environment" discussing how agricultural conservation practices (CPs) can mitigate the impacts of climate change on water quality. Scientists Moges Wagena and Zachary Easton chose to study the effects of climate change and the effectiveness of CPs in the Susquehanna River Basin, the largest source of nutrients [...]
