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Praise the Humble Dung Beetle: Lowly bugs, spiders and mollusks are more critical to ecology than larger, glamorous mammals.
Newsweek
2008-06-09

Nothing against polar bears, which Sacha Spector loves as much as the next biologist, but to really get him going you need to ask about beetles.

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Dead Zones Grow in the Gulf of Mexico: How U.S. farming policy leads to 'dead zones,' huge marine areas where nothing can grow
U.S. News and World Reports
2008-06-06

Each spring, the cycle of death begins anew.

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Oyster-Saving Efforts a Wash In Chesapeake: Fewer Bivalves in the Bay After $58 Million Campaign

The Washington Post
2008-06-02

A vast government effort to bring oysters back to the Chesapeake Bay has turned out so dismally that it has the ring of a math-class riddle.

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State regulators warn against spread of 'rock snot' algae
The Baltimore Examiner
2008-05-30

A thick, matted alga known as "rock snot" has invaded Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County, and other area streams and rivers could be at risk.

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Horn Point oceanographer receives President's Award
The Easton Star Democrat
2008-05-30

CAMBRIDGE Horn Point Laboratory's oceanographer Victoria Coles received the President's Award for Science Application for work supporting the Maryland Commission on Climate Change.

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Rotary members shell out money for nets to prevent malaria
The Cumberland Times-News
2008-05-30

Ten dollars can buy a net and save a life and several Rotarians ponied up their $10 to contribute to "Nothing But Nets," a grass-roots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading

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Low Marks for Our Watershed: To get its grades up, Chesapeake Bay's waterways need you
Bay Weekly
2008-05-22

Report cards come perennially each spring to help us grasp the Chesapeake's troubles — maybe even to propel us into action.

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Who Is the Walrus?

The New York Times
2008-05-20

I was about to meet a walrus for the first time in my life, and I felt fabulous. After all, Ronald J.

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Horn Point Lab and Mitchum's present dinner and Choptank River panel event
The Easton Star Democrat
2008-05-16

TRAPPE - The Stars are Aligned for a Wonderful Night at Mitchum's Steak House in Trappe at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 20.

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Debunkers Desist: Climate is Right For Global Warming Solutions

Bay Weekly
2008-05-15

After our Mother's Day monsoons, the Bay's Western Shore offered glimpses of our future on a warming planet.

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