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Job Opening
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences (UMCES) invites applications for the position of nonpoint source modeling analyst at the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) office in Annapolis in support of the CBP partnership to inform state, regional, and local decision-making on the implementation of the most cost-effective, efficient, and targeted nutrient and sediment reduction...
Read MoreSummer Dead Zones
Late season replenishment of oxygen associated with declining nutrient loads Scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) have published results showing that dead zones in the lower Chesapeake Bay are beginning to break up earlier in the fall, which may be an indication that efforts to reduce nutrient pollution to the Bay are beginning to make an impact....
Read MoreNew Tool for Wetlands
A researcher at University of Maryland Department of Environmental Science and Technology has invented a new way to measure the quality of wetland soils. Since wetlands are heavily protected, classifying an area as a wetland is an important and often difficult job for assessors because confirmation of the presence of wetland soils requires proof that certain biogeochemical processes are...
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 MoreWelcoming Back Underwater Grasses
A landmark paper authored by a power-house of Bay scientists has rocked the Chesapeake Bay for the past two months. The paper looks at the long-term effects of nutrient reductions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed on underwater grasses, or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). It was published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and written by Jonathan Lefcheck,...
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