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We harness the power of science to transform the way society understands and manages the environment. By conducting cutting-edge research into today's most pressing environmental problems, we are developing new ideas to help guide our state, nation, and world toward a more environmentally sustainable future.

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Environmental leaders gather to discuss Chesapeake Bay and human health

Biochemist Allen Place honored with President's Award for Science Application

Western Maryland principal honored with environmental stewardship award

Chesapeake Bay health drops to a D+ in 2011

Deep-water drilling is still risky business, says Dr. Don Boesch

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UMCES Research Locations

 

Appalachian laboratory

Since 1962, the Frostburg-based Appalachian Laboratory has actively studied the effects of land-use change on the freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems of western Maryland.

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Chesapeake biological laboratory

As the oldest publicly supported marine laboratory on the East Coast, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory has forged a rich scientific heritage from its Solomons Island home since 1925.

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Horn Point Laboratory

Encompassing more than 800 acres along the Choptank River in Cambridge, the Horn Point Laboratory has advanced society’s understanding of the world’s estuarine and ocean ecosystems.

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Maryland Sea Grant

For more than 30 years, the Maryland Sea Grant College has fostered strong connections between researchers and natural resource managers working to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

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INST OF MARINE & ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Located on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, UMCES researchers at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology are seeking biotech-based solutions to protecting marine ecosystems.

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Lab summary

With locations strategically placed between the mountains and sea, UMCES research laboratories provide scientists direct access to Maryland's diverse natural ecosystems.

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UMCES in the Media

Deep-water drilling remains a risky business
Nature
2012-04-17

Two years after the blowout of the BP oil well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States is largely failing to act on the lessons learned from that experience to

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Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card
The Wall Street Journal
2012-04-17

BALTIMORE — Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland's Cente

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Warm, dry winter has scientists, watermen wondering what summer will bring for Chesapeake Bay
The Washington Post
2012-04-11

BALTIMORE — Crabs are crawling early out of the mud in the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay, and that's only the beginning of changes expected from the warm, dry winter in the nation's largest es

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Too Many Small Fish Are Caught, Report Says
The New York Times
2012-04-02

An international group of marine scientists is calling for cuts in commercial fishing for sardines, herring and other so-called forage fish whose use as food for fish farms is soaring.

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