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Maritime Innovation in Norfolk
Old Dominion University Launches the Open Seas Technology Innovation Hub Sitting at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay with a major commercial seaport and the world’s largest naval base, Norfolk is a natural location for the recently launched Open Seas Technology Innovation Hub. The establishment of the Open Seas Hub by Old Dominion University (ODU) was enabled by a challenge grant from the...
Read MoreIn Memoriam: Ed Bouwer
CRC Mourns the Loss of Long-time CRC Friend, Ed Bouwer Dr. Edward “Ed” John. Bouwer, a longtime Johns Hopkins professor and CRC board member, passed away in October. He was 63. Bouwer, a nationally-recognized environmental engineer, had been at Johns Hopkins since 1985 and became the chair of that department in 2007. During that time, the program was recognized as one of the top 10 in the...
Read MoreStudent Resource List
Johns Hopkins PhD candidate creates resource list to help underrepresented minority and low-income students in STEM This past spring at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Lavontria Miché Aaron, a second-year PhD candidate studying Martian remote sensing and in-situ spectroscopy at Johns Hopkins University, tweeted that she had resources for underrepresented minority...
Read More10 Billion Oysters
Working Together to Keep Oysters Thriving in the Bay A thriving oyster population is vital to a healthy Chesapeake Bay. As a keystone species, oysters are necessary for filtering water and providing critical habitat for other species in the Bay. The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance is a coalition of partners that includes non-profits, universities, oyster farmers, and others, working toward...
Read MoreConductivity in Maryland Streams
How Water Chemistry Changes in Response to Urbanization Scientists have long known that land development can have significant negative impacts on local streams. Instead of focusing on water quality measured with a single grab sample, a team of researchers at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) looked at water chemistry over a 30-year time span as 12 watersheds were developed....
Read MoreSTAC Climate Synthesis
Major Climate Change Research Synthesis Kicks Off in the Chesapeake Climate change continues to complicate how models of the Chesapeake Bay predict the future. The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) recently began a program to support scientists grappling with these uncertainties by funding short scientific syntheses around climate change issues in...
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