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Antibiotics at the Living Filter
The Living Filter at Pennsylvania State University features 600 acres of agricultural land and forest, much of which is sprayed with wastewater (called effluent) from a local wastewater treatment plant and has acted as a research site for decades. Researchers recently completed a 5-year study that observed how soils in the Living Filter could act as a tertiary treatment for wastewater,...
Read MoreSea Grass and Ocean Acidification
Marine organisms with calcium-based shells are at risk from the effects of ocean acidification caused by increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide. Protecting seagrass meadows could be a way to minimize the impacts of ocean acidification at local levels. Richard Zimmerman from Old Dominion University (ODU), partnering with scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science, University...
Read MoreSalmon Aquaculture
A Johns Hopkins professor is determined to make sure the same pitfalls of agriculture aren’t repeated in aquaculture. Jillian Fry, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Livable Future‘s Seafood, Public Health, and Food Systems Project, is an expert in all things aquaculture. This year, the world’s first deep-sea aquaculture project will harvest their first generation of...
Read MoreCCMP Update
In June, we hosted the 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS18). It was a huge success, hosting over 200 Bay scientists from across the watershed and beyond. Videos of our plenary and panel speakers are now on Youtube: Rich Batuik – Three Decades of Using Science as the Foundation for Collaborative Bay and Watershed Restoration Decision-making: A Behind the...
Read MoreSTAC Summary
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is administered by the CRC and funded through a cooperative agreement with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership – currently spanning the period 2016-2022. The CRC has had a long-standing role of administering all activities of STAC, an active committee with 38 members from academic and scientific...
Read MoreSummer 2018 C-StREAM Students
Four C-StREAM Program Students Have Productive Summer Internships This past summer, CRC and the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership funded four internships for undergraduate students to conduct Chesapeake Bay-related research and management activities. Nicholas Coleman studies at Coastal Carolina University and was the only student to intern outside of the Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO)....
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