CRC Member Take-Over Series: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Building A Diverse Environmental Workforce and Packaging the State of the Science There is a need to bring science to more people as well as bringing more people (and diversity) to science. Our speakers will demonstrate how UMCES works to fill [...]
Implementing clean water solutions for agriculture in Pennsylvania In 2016, 2019, and 2022, leaders from Pennsylvania’s agricultural and environmental communities participated in a series of “Pennsylvania in the Balance” conferences. In the early years, participants generated creative new ideas to position agriculture in the state as a solution for clean water. Convened by the [...]
CRC Member Webinar Take-Over Series Old Dominion University Research Updates: Seagrass Blue Carbon and Effects of Floods on Water Quality Coasts are dynamic areas of exchange between land and water. Nitrogen and phosphate from land, for example, are essential for growth of seagrasses and their production of “blue carbon”. Nutrients in the Bay often [...]
Learning from Disaster: The Environmental Impacts and Lessons of Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes was a formative event in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The scale of the devastation was unparalleled and caused the Bay community to take a long look at business as usual and determine how we could better prepare for extreme events. The [...]
Reflections on the Bay Reflections on Chesapeake Bay Restoration from the first Earth Day (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program) 51 years after the first Earth Day, Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) asked our community and member institutions to reflect on decades of Chesapeake Bay preservation and restoration efforts to [...]
Keeping Our Heads Above Water: Understanding Sea Level Rise Around the Bay Our February webinar took place on Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 from 12-1pm. We built on last month’s climate resilience discussion to talk specifically about sea level rise. Sea level rise is one of the most tangible symptoms of climate change and it impacts a variety [...]
Tackling a Global Problem at the Community Level: Building Climate Resilience Our January webinar took place on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 from 12-1pm. We discussed progress, challenges, and a way forward on delivering climate change information to local communities with the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Climate Resiliency Workgroup. During the first half of the webinar, our invited speakers provided an overview [...]
Democratizing Science in the Chesapeake Bay Citizen science creates a participatory pathway for the public to engage in the scientific process and data collection. Through our conversations with the community, we’ve learned that the term “citizen science” can be exclusive and wanted to clarify the use of the term in this article. Citizenship, or the [...]
Dutton Institute Help Faculty Transtion to Online Learning Allen Kimel, associate teaching professor of materials science and engineering, successfully transitioned a course that requires group presentations to a dozen outside judges to Zoom with help from learning designers at Penn State. Credit: Penn State The Dutton Institute at Penn State had been working [...]
Study Predicts Heavier Rains for Five Eastern Shore Towns A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Maryland gives a detailed look into how climate change will influence extreme storm rainfall in Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Overall, their findings suggest that by the mid-21st century, a 100-year storm will bring heavier and more intense [...]
