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New 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...
Read MoreBay Acidification
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), the University of Delaware, and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) are investigating how ocean acidification could potentially compound existing problems in the Bay. A major problem already plaguing the Bay is caused by nutrient pollution. When fertilizer run off enters the Bay, nutrients in the...
Read MoreCBED Update
This year, we launched the Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database. This is a database built into our website with hundreds of scientists and managers who focus their work on the Chesapeake Bay. We currently have 244 participants, and we hope to reach 300 by the end of the year. Any one can search the database by name, institution, management area, expertise, or research interests. Each person in the...
Read MoreChesapeake Goes to RI
From November 5th to November 9th, scientists, managers, students, and professionals from across disciplines will come together in Providence, RI to discuss marine and coastal issues. The biennial conference hosted by the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) is called “Coastal Science at the Inflection Point: Celebrating Successes & Learning from Challenges.” This...
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