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 [...]
Chipping away at the “Green Ceiling” – Pilot Summer for Chesapeake StREAM Program The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) and Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) have consistently used their partnership to drive a shared objective to help train and develop the next generation of research scientists, educators and managers. In this regard, there have been ongoing conversations among [...]
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 [...]
Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project Principal Investigators Meet, Collaborate The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office’s Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services project—including NCBO field work, NCBO-funded research by academic institutions, and computer modeling—is exploring the ecosystem benefits that restored oyster reefs provide. Throughout the years in which institutions have received funding for their work, primarily in researching fish utilization [...]
Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have developed a yearly report card to gauge sea-level trends around the country. As annual tide-gauge data becomes available, the report card shows trends and projected sea-level rise to 2050 in 32 localities along all US coasts. Each report card shows recent trends, projections, and explanations of [...]
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) researchers Robert "JJ" Orth and Deborah Bronk have both recently won major awards for their contributions to the scientific community. Northam named Orth one of three Virginia Outstanding Scientists for 2018. Orth was named one of Virginia's three Outstanding Scientists for 2018. Gov. Ralph Northam and Richard Conti, Chief [...]
An environmental chemist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory is using an artificial sweetener to track pollution in local streams. Michael Gonsior testing one of the streams. Photo by Mindy Forsyth Michael Gonsior is developing chemical tracers "to identify the presence of septic wastewater in streams" and linking [...]
Old Dominion University (ODU) oceanography professor Tal Ezer has been looking at how changes in the Gulf Stream could prove to be a wildcard in predicting flooding in Hampton Roads. In a recent article written in The Virginia-Pilot, Ezer explains how tides in the fall of 2015 rose 3 feet above predictions. During Hurricane Joaquin, winds [...]
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences' Center for Professional Development has partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to educate agriculture teachers from across the state on the importance of watershed education. 170 high school agriculture teachers visited Harrisburg to learn about Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, which are investigative or experimental projects focused on teaching students about [...]
Researchers at Penn State University and the US Dept. of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have developed a new technology that removes phosphorous from manure, which could have a huge impact on water quality issues. Image: Hristov Research Group / Penn State The system is called Manure Phosphorous Extraction (MAPHEX for short) and uses a [...]
