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Successful ChesRMS18
The 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18) was convened June 12-14 at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Annapolis, MD. By all accounts the meeting was an overwhelming success with the number of participants more than doubled compared to the 2016 meeting. This increase was the result of the CCMP and CRC decision to expand the meeting to include both the modeling and...
Read MoreJob Opening
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES) invites applications for the position of nonpoint source modeling analyst at the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) office in Annapolis in support of the CBP partnership to inform state, regional, and local decision-making on the implementation of the most cost-effective, efficient, and targeted nutrient and sediment reduction...
Read More2018 Blue Crab Numbers
Data from the 2017-18 annual Winter Dredge Survey collected by Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) and Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) were analyzed by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee (CBSAC) and compiled in the 2018 Blue Crab Advisory Report. CBSAC reported that based on current estimates of abundance (below) and exploitation, the blue crab stock is not...
Read MoreForests’ Response to Pollution
A researcher at Penn State University (PSU) is investigating how forests respond to elevated atmospheric nitrogen which can result from pollution. Jason Kaye, a biogeochemistry professor, has discovered that nitrogen entering forests through rainfall is leaving as a gas, helping his team understand how forests respond to pollution in the atmosphere. Previous research has shown up to 90% of...
Read MoreC-StREAM Update
The CRC’s new program of Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (a.k.a. “Chesapeake StREAM” or “C-StREAM”) got off to a great start in 2018, thanks to early funding from the US EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) and the CRC member institutions, as well as promises of additional future funding from a renewal of our cooperative agreement with NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay...
Read MoreOil Biodegradation
A team of geoscientists traveled to the Gulf of Mexico to investigate the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The team, including Penn State doctoral student in biogeochemistry Uyen Nguyen, wanted to quantify the time that it takes for oil to break down at various depths. Bacteria and microbes consume oil, but conditions in the deep waters of the Gulf could slow down microbial metabolism....
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