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Farming & Climate Change
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...
Read MoreOyster Reef Ecosystem Services
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...
Read MoreSea Level Report Cards
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 how sea level is affected in each...
Read More2 VIMS Scientists Recognized
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. Orth was named one of Virginia’s three Outstanding Scientists for 2018. Gov. Ralph Northam and Richard Conti, Chief Wonder Officer at the Science Museum of Virginia, announced the awards. The award is...
Read MoreSeptic Systems on Streams
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 is developing chemical tracers “to identify the presence of septic wastewater in streams” and linking that to nutrient loading in the southern part of the state. Pollutants from...
Read MoreGulf Stream
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 and waves blasted against the Gulf Stream, causing the...
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