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SERC Rhode River Project
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), West and Rhode Riverkeepr, and Ogburn Consulting are coordinating a novel, community focused, watershed restoration program for the Rhode River in Maryland. The project, entitled Rhode to Restoration, has just been awarded funding through a National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Small Watershed grant. The...
Read MoreMeasure the Muck
A professor from Old Dominion University will be hosting an event in conjunction with the “Catch the Tide” project on November 5th. The Virginian-Pilot and media partners at the Daily Press, WHRO Public Media and WVEC-TV have come together to raise awareness about sea level rise at an astronomically high tide, called the king tide. This year’s king tide will arrive on a full...
Read MoreArctic Ice
Researchers at Old Dominion University’s Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO) are studying how floating ice sheets melt in three Arctic locations. Using ocean circulation models, they are observing how ocean water inundates the base of the ice sheets, causing them to melt. The research is being conducted by John Klinck, director of CCPO, and two research scientists from Old...
Read MoreNew Biodegradable Plastic Discovery
Researchers at Penn State University have created an inexpensive, eco-friendly alternative to plastic coatings. Jeffrey Catchmark, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering in Pennsylvania State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has found a way to combine cellulose from trees and chitosan derived from the exoskeletons of crustaceans to make a plastic-like coating. The...
Read MoreNutrients in Shaver’s Creek
A Masters student in hydrogeology at Pennsylvania State University is studying how nutrients like nitrates move from agricultural lands into local watersheds. Callum Wayman wanted to add an agricultural site to a group of constantly monitored sites run by the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. He started field work in fall of 2016 by deploying sensors at a farm in Shaver’s...
Read MoreImproving Vibrio Predictions
A team at Johns Hopkins University led by Principle Investigator Frank Curriero investigates a bacteria that could be affecting seafood in the Chesapeake Bay. The project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, wants to understand the underlying cause of seafood-associated illnesses leading to an estimated 80,000 illnesses in the US every year. The team wants to...
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