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Jamie Testa

Chesapeake Reflections: What We’ve Learned During the Past 50 Years and Where We Need to Go in the Future

Long Time, No Sea: Bottlenose Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Fear for the Turtle? Climate Change and Maryland’s Diamondback Terrapins

Hanging On by a Scute: Maryland’s Sturgeon up a Creek

Crabs in Crisis Again? Current and Future Challenges in Managing Blue Crab

Science for Community: How biological surveys are helping us understand the Chesapeake Bay

Science for Community: A story of oxygen in the Patuxent River

Science for Community: Cove Point Marsh: Over ten years of monitoring in Calvert County

Science for Community: Striped Bass: The most important fish in the Chesapeake

Science for Community: Finding forage in winter: Atlantic menhaden in the Mid-Atlantic

Science for Community: Anthropogenic changes in estuarine systems

Science for Community: Biodiversity in the human era

Harnessing Engineering Innovation to Protect Maryland’s Oysters: A Study in Sustainable Aquaculture

Science for Community: CBL‘s 100 year legacy of water quality monitoring

Science for Community: The 100-year evolution of UMCES

IMET Annual Open House

Demonstration Project

Molly Frattasio

Evelyn Peyton

Javier Lloret

Jacqueline Grebmeier recognized by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents for excellence in research in Arctic sciences

Commencement 2025

April 2025 Critter of the Month: Osprey

Dr. Beth Polidoro Named Director of UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Dr. Beth Polidoro Named Director of UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Theresa Davenport

UMCES Researchers Find Connection Between Hurricanes and Harmful Algal Blooms

UMCES Researchers Find Connection Between Hurricanes and Harmful Algal Blooms

Resurrecting Poplar Island Screening

Kids Summer Adventures at Horn Point Lab: July/August 2025

Science Saturday

SB830 Oyster Research Program

Swati Suman

Science for Community Seminar: CBL after WW II: Mansueti’s legacy

Science for Community Seminar: If we lay a strong enough foundation… CBL under R.V. Truitt

Science for Community Seminar: CBL‘s 100 year legacy of water quality monitoring

Science for Community Seminar: Solomons Island: a historical perspective

Science for Community Seminar: Predictive Ecology: The History of UMCES and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

AL Seminar Predictive Ecology: The History of UMCES 1925-2025

March 2025 Critter of the Month

Critter of the Month

Nominations for the 2025 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Now Open

Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award Nomination Form 2025

UMCES Appalachian Laboratory Solar Project Ribbon Cutting

Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award Ceremony and Reception

Community Science Talks

SHORES: Strengthening Habitats with Oysters on Retrofitted & Engineered Structures DAY TWO

SHORES: Strengthening Habitats with Oysters on Retrofitted & Engineered Structures

Jillian Sturtevant

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Anthony Campbell, UMB

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Magdalene Ngeve, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Yujing Gao, UMCES-AL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Joaquin Martinez Martinez, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Bilgecan Sen, UMCES-AL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Camille Thomas-Bulle, University of MT

Stephanie Soques

Winter Twig Identification Workshop

Proteus Film Screening & Discussion

UMCES kicks off celebration of a century of service

UMCES kicks off celebration of a century of service

Andrew Benson

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: A Century of Innovation and Impact

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: A Century of Innovation and Impact

Community Science Talks: When waters bloom: Harmful Algal Blooms

Community Science Talks: Shells and rocks: paving the way to increase oyster habitat in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

Community Science Talks: Virtuous Viruses

Community Science Talks: Billions of Baby Oysters—A Virtual Hatchery Tour

Kyle Rufo

Magdalene Ngeve

Water’s Edge: Black Watermen of the Chesapeake

Centennial Kickoff IMET

Centennial Kickoff AL

Centennial Kickoff HPL

Centennial Kickoff CBL

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 7 of 7: Reflections and sharing of stories around equitable exchange with communities

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 6 of 7: How and where the concept of “care” shows up in community-engaged research

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 5 of 7: Reciprocity as a critical component of building trusting relationships with communities

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 4 of 7: The role of navigating politicized relationships in building trust with communities

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 3 of 7: Centering community needs as a foundation for equitable exchange

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 2 of 7: The importance of critical scientific histories as a foundation for community-engaged geoscience

ASPiRE Virtual Discussion Series Part 1 of 7: Equitable exchange in community-engaged research

Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration, new study says

UMCES FRA Council 2025

Globally diverse working group mobilizes to tackle increasing oceanic salt intrusion into estuaries and tidal rivers

Innovative philanthropy pushes the boundaries of environmental science discovery

Chao Wang

Alfonzo Tapia

Yujing Gao

IMET Public Lecture: Can microalgae address climate change and increasing energy and food demand?

Carlene Cassidy joins UMCES Board of Visitors

Carlene Cassidy Joins UMCES Board of Visitors

Staff Council Meeting Agendas

Accessibility

Better habitats for forest farming wild leeks could help future foraging demands

Policies Test Page

Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges

Bailey Robertory

Anne Booker

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Jian Zhao, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Clara Fuchsman, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Jacob Cram- UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Vyacheslav Lyubchich, UMCES-CBL

UMCES Chesapeake Biological Lab Receives $1 Million Donation to Endow Professorship

Larrae Bethea

Advancing U.S.-China cooperation on nitrogen management and N₂O reduction for climate action

Joaquín Martínez Martínez

Xiaoxu Guo

Shane Simms

Silvia Santos da Silva

Katherine Riggleman

Michael Nossick

Andrew Mifflin

Loni Matthew

Sarathchandra Hawadige

Rou Hu

Kaelyn Gurka

Emily Coleman

Ziyu Chen

UMCES Chesapeake Biological Lab Receives $1 Million Donation to Endow Professorship

Junxiao Wang

Three UMCES students are finalists for 2025 Knauss Policy Fellowship

Jennifer Weiske

Donna Stotts

Allison Banks

Andrea Pinardi

Greater Baltimore Climate Summit

Qingguang (Bright) Zhu

Appalachian Lab seeks nominations for 2025 Inspiration Award

SHORES: Strengthening Habitats with Oysters on Retrofitted & Engineered Structures

Free Public Lecture: Did the Fish Have to Die?: Unraveling the 2024 Fish Kill in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

G. Burch Fisher

Kaitlin Beasley-Polko

Emilia McGeady

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Jeremy Testa, UMCES-CBL

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Judy O'Neil, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Yantao Li, IMET

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Tina Phillips, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Luca Morreale, Smithsonian

REEF celebrates a decade of inspiring future environmental leaders

Zhuo Wang

Keyu Ren

Get Involved

Marie Miller receives 2024 Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

Explore the Many Reasons to 'Treasure Your Bay' at the annual Horn Point Laboratory Open House!

UMCES Logos

UMCES Branding & Logos

Climate Change and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Three Stories from an International Development Context

Reducing the unintended environmental consequences of decarbonization

Reducing the unintended environmental consequences of decarbonization

Taylor Breton

Science for Community Seminar: Diamondback Terrapins in a Changing Climate

Science for Community Seminar: Seines, sleds and data, oh my! How biological surveys at CBL are helping us understand the Chesapeake Bay

Science for Community Seminar: Controls on Oxygen Variability and depletion in the Patuxent River estuary

Science for Community Seminar: Cove Point Marsh with Dr. Lora Harris

Watershed Moments: Water, Forests, Wildlife in Western MD

Persistent species relationships characterize migrating bird communities across stopover sites and seasons

Claire Otterbein

Monica Fabra

UMCES receives $1.12M NSF grant for migratory bird conservation efforts

UMCES receives $1.12M NSF grant for migratory bird conservation efforts

Zach Zbinden

Migratory bird species found to be socially oriented

Migratory bird species found to be socially oriented

UMCES scientists identify toxin found in Chesapeake Bay phytoplankton

UMCES scientists identify toxin found in Chesapeake Bay phytoplankton

Appalachian Laboratory Graduate Students Receive Fellowships

HPL Newsletter Signup

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory's Open House

Annual Open House

Chun Dai

Christy Cheezum

Dawn Green

William Dorsey

Julia Smeltzer

Chesapeake Bay Health Improves to C+ for the first time in over 20 years

Chesapeake Bay Health Improves to C+ for the first time in over 20 years

Eva Bailey

Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm takes helm at UMCES

Pioneering Nitrogen Research and Innovations Unveiled at the Nitrogen Summer Institute

Nitrogen research and innovations unveiled at Summer Institute

Meet UMCES President Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm

Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm

Changing climate will make home feel like somewhere else

Changing climate will make home feel like somewhere else

Andrew Samworth

Horn Point scientists to partner with City of Cambridge on flood mitigation project along Choptank River

Horn Point scientists to partner with City of Cambridge on flood mitigation project along Choptank River

SUMMER 2024 BLOG

2024 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Ceremony

Study finds nitrous oxide emissions grew 40% from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate change

Study finds nitrous oxide emissions grew 40% from 1980-2020, greatly accelerating climate change

AL Travel Request

GaCo receives 2024 Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award

HPL/UA EVENTS

Yantao Li receives 2024 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Graduate student Chelsea Fowler receives 2024 Student Service Award

Yantao Li receives 2024 President’s Award for Excellence in the Application of Science

Alexandra Fries receives 2024 President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science graduates the next generation of environmental science leaders

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science graduates the next generation of environmental science leaders

Yantao Li receives 2024 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Yantao Li receives 2024 President’s Award for Excellence in the Application of Science

Alexandra Fries receives 2024 President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Graduate student Chelsea Fowler receives 2024 Student Service Award

Amber DeMarr

New Allegany County grant sparks innovation and creates public-private partnerships with Appalachian Lab

Addie Bowie

Are you ready to Watch Dolphins?

Report dolphin sightings with Chesapeake DolphinWatch

UMCES Commencement 2024

Commencement 2024

UMCES Ph.D. candidate Jens Wira receives USM Board of Regents Award

Researchers discover how biomolecules in nature are transformed into complex organic matter

UMCES and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution collaborate to publish peer-reviewed book about the Indian Ocean

New book takes deep dive into warming trends and extreme events in the Indian Ocean

UMCES partners with Southeast Michigan watershed organizations to produce environmental report card

Xin Zhang recognized for outstanding research in sustainability and nutrient management in global agriculture

Xin Zhang recognized by USM Board of Regents for outstanding research in sustainability and nutrient management in global agriculture

Maryland’s university for the environment honors Senator Cardin for leadership and impact

Join the Appalachian Laboratory Mailing List

Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jeff Buler, University of DE

SCIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY: Biodiversity in the human era, with Chris Rowe

SCIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY: Anthropogenic changes in estuarine systems, with Michael Gonsior and Andrew Heyes

SCIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY: Finding forage in winter: Atlantic menhaden in the Mid-Atlantic, with Genny Nesslage

SCIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY: Striped bass: The most important fish in the Chesapeake, with Mike Wilberg

UMCES scientists on the ecological impact of the Key Bridge collapse and recovery

UMCES scientists on the ecological impact of the Key Bridge collapse and recovery

UMCES remembers professor and entomologist Dan Harman

Sarah Garvey

Kieran Szelong

Yuting Lin

Lauren Jonas

Emily Jolly

Fanglue Jiao

Xiyan Ji

Zhongshi He

Nicholas Gallagher

Kayla Fairfield

Maya Casey

Anne Baldino

Taylor Armstrong

UMCES FRA Council 2024

Julissa Murrieta

Elena Versenyi

Annalise Kenney

Jill Gallagher

Ana Sosa

Annie Schatz

Maurice Crawford

Summer Professional Learning Experience Planned for Maryland Teachers

Ming Li and Matthew Gray named 2024-2025 U.S. Fulbright Scholars

Ming Li and Matthew Gray named 2024-2025 U.S. Fulbright Scholars

Stacy Schaefer

Dingyu Hu

Appalachian Laboratory Seeks Nominations for the 2024 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

Tyesha Thomas

Respected oceanographer and passionate science advocate Tom Malone passes away

Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award 2024 Ceremony and Reception

2024 Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm named president of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

New research effort will consolidate tools to manage salt contamination of fresh water supplies

New research effort will consolidate tools to manage salt contamination of fresh water supplies

Joy Amadi

Impacting Ocean Alkalinity

Novel biomanufacturing process will capture carbon and bolster human health

Novel biomanufacturing process will capture carbon and bolster human health

IMET Annual Open House

IMET Winter Series Lecture: Life below the surface and between the shells

Colin Vissering

Newsletter

UMCES Ombuds Services

Sabrina Groves

Tasia Talbert

Chenira Smith

2024 General Assembly Session

Lucinda Botlero

Stephanie Cleary

Bilgecan Sen

Program

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory Summit Results

Resources

Background

Alternative SubStrate for Oysters

Circumvent the hungry herbivores to restore ecosystems

Science Saturday introduces local kids to the world of marine science

NOAA award funds project to help alleviate global warming

NOAA award funds project to help alleviate global warming

New faces and fond farewells at UMCES Board of Visitors

Samantha Mais

Steven Sexton

Courtney Smith

Isabella Bertani

Catherine Krikstan

Susanna Pretzer

Olivia Gilfillan

Roshni Nair

Sidney Anderson

Conor Keitzer

Jon Lefcheck

Anikka Fife

Katie Ross

UMCES Ph.D. Candidates Named Finalists for 2024 Knauss Policy Fellowship Program

Meet Visiting Fulbright Scholar Alejandro Roman

Study to explore new low-oxygen zones impacting the nation's richest fisheries

UMCES welcomes Crystal Upperman as Board of Visitors member

UMCES appoints Gary Epstein as Chair of Board of Visitors

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory

Fulbright Visiting Student joins Appalachian Laboratory

Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and the Environment

Meet UMCES Interim President Bill Dennison

Emerging hypoxia on the oligotrophic West Florida Shelf and its potential impacts on marine ecosystem: discerning the roles of HABs, warming and extreme weather events. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

mCDR 2023: Quantifying the efficacy of wastewater alkalinity enhancement on mCDR and acidification mitigation in a large estuary. National Oceanographic Partnership Program

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Matt Gray, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jamie Pierson, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Xin Zhang, UMCES-AL

Gray whales die-offs driven by food supply swings as a result of Arctic changing conditions

Gray whales die-offs driven by food supply swings as a result of Arctic changing conditions

Cami Martin recognized with UMCES Staff Excellence Award

Xin Chen

Record number of oysters planted in Chesapeake Bay this year

Watershed Moments: Parks in Science History with Tim Watkins

Summit explores how ‘big data’ and collaboration can solve environmental challenges

Daniela Dixon

Appalachian Lab seeks nominations for Inspiration Award

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Laura Lapham, UMCES-CBL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Andrew Heyes, UMCES-CBL

President Peter Goodwin retires after 40 years in science and higher education

President Peter Goodwin retires after 40 years in science and higher education

International effort to assess "green ammonia" impact on clean energy and food production

UMCES-led international research effort to weigh “green ammonia” impact on climate change and environment

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Jon Lefcheck

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Matt Ogburn (SERC)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr Travis Gallo (SMCM)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Allison Tracy (UMBC/IMET)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Rafael Barreto (SMCM)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Parisa Rinaldi (SMCM)

President Peter Goodwin reflects on UMCES

Sophie LeClaire

Paleena Amy

Amanda Schwark

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Open House

Annie Stark named 2023 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Winner

Jun Suk Byun

Kylie Cherneskie

Garrett Wilcox

Anji Cooper

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Emily Cohen, UMCES-Appalachian Laboratory

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Adam Benfield, Penn State

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Bill Fagan, UMCP

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Megan Fritz, UMCP

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory Summit

Visiting Scholar Seminar: James McClaren, University of Oldenburg

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory Summit

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory Summit: Accelerating Environmental Solutions

DolphinWatch

Robots4Whales

TailWinds

Presidential Search and Screening Committee

Horn Point Laboratory Open House

Governor Moore visits UMCES’ oyster hatchery, signs executive order to establish oyster task force

UMCES’ Chesapeake Biological Laboratory receives transformative gift to study contaminated waterways

UMCES’ Chesapeake Biological Laboratory receives transformative gift to study contaminated waterways

DeSimone selected for NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Citizen Science Meets Horn Point Lab Science

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

Previous Years

Summer 2023 Blog

JES Avanti Foundation supports UMCES’ DolphinWatch efforts

JES Avanti Foundation supports UMCES’ DolphinWatch efforts

SUPPORTERS

Horn Point Laboratory students awarded scholarships by Izaak Walton League of America

Brian Tsuru

Potent greenhouse gas produced by industry could be readily abated with existing technologies

Potent greenhouse gas produced by industry could be readily abated with existing technologies

Chesapeake Bay’s dead zone predicted to be 33% smaller than long-term average

Co-Developing Science Communication Products with Stakeholders

Toby Friess

Evan Kostelecky

Federal funding awarded for oyster restoration and resiliency research

Federal funding for oyster restoration awarded to UMCES scientists

Sea-Level Rise Projections

Yanyu Wang: Think outside the box: reducing non-point source N pollution to save Shenandoah River

Meghna Mathews: Public Engagement Project

Qianru Liao: Reduce the personal impact of downstream nitrogen water pollution

Kevin Jackson: Integration of board game dynamics in fostering dialogue across stakeholder types with regard to sustainable nitrogen management

Grace Avalos: Pollinators vs. Nitrogen

Qianru Liao: Reduce Downstream Nitrogen Pollution

Kevin Jackson: Sustainable Agriculture

Grace Avalos: Pollinators vs. Nitrogen

2023 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Ceremony and Reception

Chesapeake Bay health showing significant improvement over time

Chesapeake Bay health showing significant improvement over time

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Co-developing Science Communication Products with Stakeholders

Deb Richards

Sexual Misconduct Resources - Federal

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental leaders

Mary Ann Manley honored with the UMCES Staff Excellence Award

Ming Li receives President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Ming Li receives President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Ryan Woodland selected by UMCES graduate students as outstanding faculty mentor

Ryan Woodland selected by UMCES graduate students as outstanding faculty mentor

Jerry Frank honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Jerry Frank honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Summer Talk: Environmental Remote Sensing: How scientists use satellites to monitor the Earth with Greg Silsbe

Summer Talk: From Plankton to Plastics: the Chesapeake under a microscope with Jamie Pierson

Brittany Andrew

Mary Ann Manley honored with the UMCES Staff Excellence Award

Graduate student Isabel Sanchez-Viruet receives UMCES Student Service Award

Graduate student Isabel Sanchez-Viruet receives UMCES Student Service Award

Summer Talk: A Virtual Tour of the UMCES Horn Point Oyster Hatchery with Stephanie Alexander

Summer Talk: Living shorelines: using the power of nature to protect our coasts with Cindy Palinkas

Summer Talk: Impact of climate change on coastal flooding in the Dorchester County with Ming Li

Summer Talk: Horn Point Laboratory 50th anniversary with Director Mike Sieracki

USM Chancellor appoints Bill Dennison to serve as UMCES interim president

Toadfish Adventures Extreme (T.A.X.), a two-day experience for students at the Horn Point Laboratory

Summer Talks explore the science of the waters around us

Toadfish Adventures Extreme (T.A.X.), a two-day experience for students at the Horn Point Laboratory

Summer Adventures for kids at the Horn Point Laboratory

Toadfish Adventures at the Horn Point Laboratory

K-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional Certificates

Office of Professional Studies

Near-Miss Incident Report Form

REACT Wins First Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award

Kids Summer Adventures at Horn Point Lab: July/August 2024

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series: Heath Kelsey, Integration & Application Network (UMCES)

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series: Matt Pluta, ShoreRivers

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series: Brandon Jones, National Science Foundation

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series - Amy Jacobs, the Nature Conservancy

Salt Contamination of Drinking Water is a growing threat at home and globally

Inspiration Award

Commencement 2023

Virtual Panel Discussions Registration

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Commencement 2023

Former State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Board of Visitors

Former State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Board of Visitors

AL Faculty Offer Invasive Species Management Course

Research team to explore the role clams, salt marshes play in carbon cycling in estuaries

Virtual Panel Discussions

Investigators

Salt Contamination of Water Supplies in Tidal Rivers

Appalachian Laboratory Watershed Moments to feature research of recent alums

Awards

Commencement 2023

Essala Lowe

Eric Schott receives highest university award for commitment to mentoring and inspiring students

Eric Schott receives highest university award for commitment to mentoring and inspiring students

On the Move

UMCES appoints Essala Lowe as Vice President for Administration and Finance

UMCES appoints Essala Lowe as Vice President for Administration and Finance

Next Generation: Michael Kalinowski on reducing the environmental impacts of oyster aquaculture

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series- Jared Wilmoth (University of Maryland)

Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award Reception Sponsorship

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series - Meng Xia, UMES

Caroline Tribble

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series

Ninth Ryan Saba Memorial Student Fellowship Awarded

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology's Open House

Watershed Moments Next Generation Series with Dr. Stephanie Siemek

Watershed Moments Next Generation Series with Dr. Kelly Pearce

UMCES and Frostburg State University to offer joint Master of Environmental Management in Sustainability degree

UMCES and Frostburg State University to offer joint Master of Environmental Management in Sustainability degree

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series

2023 UMCES Convocation and Commencement Registration

UMCES Faculty Convocation 2023

Conference: salt contamination of water supplies in tidal rivers. National Science Foundation.

Collaborative Research: RAPID: Unprecedented Hurricane Ian nutrient and organic matter inputs to Southwest Florida coastal waters. National Science Foundation.

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series

Researchers pursue green technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions

Researchers pursue green technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Benjamin van Doren

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Conor Keitzer, UMCES-IAN

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Mike Sieracki, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dave Secor, UMCES-CBL

Vyacheslav Lyubchich

Appalachian Laboratory Seeks Nominations for the 2023 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

Stacy L. Hutchinson '23 chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2023

Stacy L. Hutchinson chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2023

David Beck

Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award 2023 Ceremony and Reception

Horn Point Laboratory Spring Seminar Series

2023 Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

Safe & Inclusive Fieldwork

Workshop for students K-12 grades to explore the Sciences

Workshop for students grade K-12 to explore the sciences

Next Generation: Abdulmajid (Majeed) Alrefaie

Horn Point Laboratory's Spring Seminar Series: Mike Sieracki (Director, Horn Point Laboratory)

Horn Point Laboratory's Spring Seminar Series: Jeff Cornwell (UMCES Horn Point Laboratory)

Past Interns

Appalachian Laboratory welcomes the next generation in science

Veronica Figueroa-Negron

Alexandra Burns

New insights on why improvements to Chesapeake Bay remain a challenge

New insights on why improvements to Chesapeake Bay remain a challenge

UMCES President Peter Goodwin announces retirement

Syeda Sadia Ali

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jeff Cornwell

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Allison Tracy, UMBC-IMET

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: William Nardin, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Sairah Malkin, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Hongsheng Bi, UMCES-CBL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Michael Gonsior, UMCES-CBL

Adding DUO to a new device

Kaitlynn Wade

Amir Azarnivand

Seminar Speaker: Dr. Michael Gonsior

Inaugural UMCES Student Service Award 2021

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Researchers Reach the North Pole

Upper Rio Grande Basin earns a "C" in first-ever report card

Allyson Kido

Jennifer Harrington

Olivia Hager

Julia Charest

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory researchers reach the North Pole

Coastal adaptation workshop brings together experts from around the country

Horn Point scientists track how microplastics move through the watershed

Mike Sieracki

Lorena Silva

Microplastic Marine Debris Project Quarterly Updates

William A. Shorter Jr. joins UMCES Board of Visitors

William A. Shorter Jr. joins UMCES Board of Visitors

Sustainable Agriculture Matrix (SAM) Consortium workshop held to review stakeholder inputs from eight countries

Jennifer Herrera

Next Generation: Marshall Grossman

Innovative incubator to jumpstart efforts to control harmful algal blooms

Innovative incubator to jumpstart efforts to control harmful algal blooms

Open House returns to the Horn Point Laboratory with largest attendance ever

Oceanographer Mike Sieracki joins UMCES as Horn Point Laboratory Director

Oceanographer Mike Sieracki joins UMCES as Horn Point Laboratory Director

First-of-its-kind database tracks agricultural phosphorus use world-wide

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

Madeleine Jepsen

Ashley Goetz

Chris Flight

Hannah Cooper

S4C Seminar - Chesapeake Reflections, presented by Dr. Walter Boynton

S4C Seminar - Long Time, No Sea: Bottlenose Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

S4C Seminar - Fear for the Turtle? Climate Change and Maryland’s Diamondback Terrapins

S4C Seminar - Hanging On by a Scute: Maryland’s Sturgeon up a Creek

S4C Seminar - Crabs in Crisis Again?

Next Generation: Samara Nehemiah on assessing striped bass populations

The Horn Point Laboratory Fall Seminar Series

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

The Horn Point Laboratory's Fall Seminar Series

Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Chesapeake Bay's role in greenhouse gas release and capture

Researchers collaborate with Maryland companies to innovate new technology

CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION IN COASTAL ADAPTATION - an in-person workshop

Cambridge’s Cannery Park receives a sustainable gift from Horn Point Laboratory students

Appalachian Laboratory launches Inspiration Award on 60th anniversary

Distinguished Scholar Semianr Series: Dr. Chris Swan (UMBC)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Matthew Houser (UMCES-HPL)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Ann Swanson (Executive Director: Chesapeake Bay Commission)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Ryan Hoover (Maryland Institute College of Art)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Zhi Zhang Soon (CBL)

Appalachian Laboratory Inspiration Award

Kirsten Silva

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Mintesinot Jiru (Coppin State)

Celebrating 10 billion oysters—born and raised by UMCES—planted in Chesapeake Bay

Next Generation: Alan Williams

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Rodney Richardson (UMCES-AL)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Elizabeth Hamman (St. Mary's College of Maryland)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Lauren McPhillips (Penn State Civil Engineering)

Sarah Bomar

Ann Foo

Significant increase in freshwater entering Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait

Significant increase in freshwater entering Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait

“Science for a green new deal” calls for new thinking to tackle environmental challenges

Nicole Ibrahim

Francis “Champ” Zumbrun named 2022 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Winner

Grace O'Hara

Sarah Endyke

Meghna Mathews

The Breakwater is Your Oyster: a celebration of the pilot installation of a technique to green gray infrastructure

Maya Drzewicki

Horn Point Laboratory Open House

Theresa Murphy

Lael Collins

Nicholas Silverson

Raymond Mroch

Zhi Yang Soon

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Michael Kalinowski

Student Service Award

Rising sea levels, erosion -- already impacting Maryland -- expected to worsen in next 2 decades

Laura Hoxter

Professor Rose receives Oscar E. Sette Award for Outstanding Marine Fishery Biologist

UMCES Staff Award

Allison Dreiss

AL Seminar: Appalachian Laboratory Summer Interns

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Matt Houser, TNC/UMCES

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Cody Kent, Frostburg State University

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Ning Zeng, UMCP

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Joely Desimone, UMCES-AL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Marie Pegard, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE)

Lindsey Schwartz

Deshuai Wang

Community members helps scientists spot dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Next Generation: Isabel C. Sánchez-Viruet

Intern Research Projects

ITV News: Living in a Warmer World- Why We'll All Have to Adapt

Research

Shayna Keller

Melissa Holland

IMET Summer Interns' Inspirational Scientists

Data

Resources

Equipment

PhytoChop Coastal Observatory

Chesapeake Bay “dead zone” predicted to be 13%

Scientific education receives support from local IWLA chapter

Lois Colaprete

President's Award for Outstanding Research Support

Board of Regents Staff Award

Regents Faculty Award

Horn Point Lab Kids Summer Adventures: August 2022

Regents Staff Award

Light as a Feather: Tracking the Migratory Journeys of Individual Songbirds

Chasing the Chunk: Tracking Fat Loads and Movement in Migratory Songbirds

Summer Internship 2022 Blog

Lois Colaprete joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Lois Colaprete joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Meet the Interns

Chesapeake dolphins thrill spotters, scientists

Annapolis-Based Ocean Research Project is About to Set Sail Again

CESN May 2022- Tropical Tourism Alters Seagrass Stable Isotope Compositions

Joely DeSimone

PA Farm Bureau and EPA advocate for more funds allocated to Chesapeake Bay cleanup

Blue Holes Show Hurricane Activity in the Bahamas Is at a Centuries-Long Low

Chesapeake earns another C grade in latest report card

UMCES Bay Report Card: C+ Grade Shows Slight Improvement

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Earns a C on Latest ‘Report Card'

What feeds the fish in the Chesapeake Bay? Scientists cast a wider net to learn more

Editorial: Keep the bay clean

Perdue Associates Join Oyster Recovery Partnership to Build Oyster Cages in Support of Bay Watershed Restoration

Hits and Misses

Explore the world of marine science, tour Horn Point Laboratory

Chesapeake Bay Health Score Held Steady in 2021

Chesapeake Bay Health Score Held Steady in 2021

Climate News

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental leaders

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental leaders

8th Ryan Saba Memorial Student Fellowship Awarded

This college student is using her science degree to help clean up the Baltimore harbor

Biggest Ship Recycling Yard Witnessing Antithetical Situation

8th Ryan Saba Memorial Student Fellowship Awarded

Explore the World of Marine Science, Tour the Horn Point Laboratory

Xin Zhang receives President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Xin Zhang receives President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Casey Hodgkins honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Casey Hodgkins honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

University leading $14 million effort to produce more resilient oysters

What feeds the fish in the Chesapeake Bay?

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New alliance to create industry standard on biofouling

Annapolis-based nonprofit prepares to set sail for Greenland to study climate change on the newly commissioned sailboat

US university leading $14 million effort to produce more resilient oyster broodstock

What feeds the fish in the Chesapeake Bay?

Joining forces to tackle biofouling

Graduate student Claire Nemes receives UMCES Student Service Award

Eric Schott selected by UMCES graduate students as outstanding faculty mentor

Graduate student Claire Nemes receives UMCES Student Service Award

Eric Schott selected by UMCES graduate students as outstanding faculty mentor

SPS Workday

2022 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award Ceremony and Reception

Boatyard Bar & Grill and Sailor Oyster Bar Are Tops In Oyster Shell Recycling - Eye On Annapolis

New Research to Minimise Impact of Wind Energy on Migratory Birds

Weather Radar Networks Can Help Minimize Wind Energy Impacts on Nocturnally Migrating Birds

Declining availability in a nitrogen-rich world

Shahrzad (Lili) Badri

New research will help minimize impact of wind energy development on migratory birds

Danger Ahead

Student Resources & Services

Graduate Assistantship Information

New research will help minimize impact of wind energy development on migratory birds

New research will help minimize impact of wind energy development on migratory birds

Next Generation: Tan Zou on nutrient management in food production

UMCES celebrates in-person Commencement ceremony May 24

ALUMNI Q&A: DR. DEBORAH BRONK MEES ‘92

Changes in Atlantic Current May Fall Within Natural Variability

Coastal Georgia ecosystem earns 'A-' on annual report card

UMCES celebrates in-person Commencement ceremony May 24

Addressing the heart of the matter: Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology funds research for Horn Point Faculty

Next Generation: Tan Zou on nutrient management in food production

Alumni Q&A: Dr. Deborah Bronk MEES ‘92

Commencement 2022

Nianhong Chen

Opening young minds to career possibilities in marine science

Nitrogen levels on a decline in ‘nitrogen-rich world’, plants and animals may face consequences: Study

Working for clear water, clean air in Baltimore

Forecasting Our Future: Severe weather impacts

Md. Oyster Harvest Reaches 35-Year High

Bright lights, big pity

Horn Point Lab’s Plan to Capture Carbon and Rebuild Reefs: A Chat with Dr. Elizabeth North

Monica Jones

gdm package in R

HPL DEIC

Bay Scientists to Flood Forestland (on Purpose)

Earth Week: Michael O. Snyder: The Coming Coast - LENSCRATCH

Why some places on Earth actually lack nitrogen

The Earth Is Facing a Nitrogen Shortage Due to Climate Change, Study Says

Freshwater dolphin species and facts

Researchers find declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen rich world

Researchers find declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen rich world

Fighting Surging Seas

Climate change already affecting Chesapeake Bay region

Warming Arctic

Baltimore's Minnowtech raises $1M in preparation for commercial product launch

US Wind commits to studies off Ocean City

Scientists to study offshore wind effects on wildlife as Delaware awaits wind power procurement report

UMCES to Study Marine Life Effects of Offshore Wind Development

Brian Marx

Harmful Algal Blooms

Future Urban Climates

Late-season Arctic research cruise reveals unseasonably warm ocean temperatures and active ecosystem

Climate Change Already affecting Chesapeake Bay region

Resources

State Roundup: Paid Family Leave, Climate Change Bills Sent To Gov; Hogan Endorses Democrat Vignarajah For Balt. Prosecutor

US Wind pledges $11 million for research into effect offshore wind has on marine life

When waters keep rising and rising in Maryland

US Wind & UMCES Launch Major Offshore Wind Research Partnership

The Anemone in the Coal Mine

US Wind & UMCES launch offshore wind research partnership

U.S. Wind & UMCES launch offshore wind research partnership

Russia’s War on Ukraine Upends Arctic Climate-Change Research

Yes, climate change is making Texas wildfires worse

Maryland has hundreds of properties that have repeatedly suffered damaging floods. Few are prepared for the next deluge.

Cherry Blossoms and Climate Change: How warming temperatures and rising sea levels are threatening the iconic blooms

The Truth About 'Reef Safe' Sunscreen

Women Making History in Chesapeake Country – Bay Weekly

Special Seminar: Dr. Samantha Bova (San Diego State University)

Climate Experts

Eastern Shore college, university presidents share positive developments

Small business looks to Bahamian mineral as green solution for farms

Report: Maryland’s Water Pollution Enforcement Is on the Decline

Water pollution inspections, enforcement see ‘dramatic’ decline in Maryland, report finds

EZ-Pass for Fish: High-Tech Tracking Sees Early Success

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture: Sean Scully (Univ. Akureyri, Iceland)

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Appalachian Laboratory Lightning Talks

Emerald Ash Borer

Tiger Mosquito

Snakehead

Nutria

Sika Deer

Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

MSX

Zebra Mussels

Flathead Catfish

Japanese Knotweed

Water Chestnut

Blue Catfish

Patuxent River Estuary

Potomac River Estuary - Aquatic Invasive Diseases

Tuckahoe State Park - Delmarva Bays

C&O Canal National Park - Mesic Mixed Forest

Deep Creek Lake - Inland Freshwater

Swallow Falls State Park - Eastern Hemlock Forest

Management Briefs

Case Studies

Management Briefs

Case Studies

Invasive Species Management in Maryland

Spring science talks focus on healthy urban waterfronts and oceans

Spring science talks focus on healthy urban waterfronts and oceans

David Nelson Chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2022

Next Generation: Nick Dawson on Microplastics and Microbes

Trove of oyster shells discovered in Potomac River. Now what?

University of Maryland: Flourishing Fish on Dry Land

William & Mary: EPA selects VIMS model as bellwether for Bay health

The Underground Railroad: How climate change is threatening to wash away parts of history

Scientists to study movement of plastic pollution in Choptank River

Next Generation: Lauren Rodriguez on Using Environmental DNA in the Chesapeake Bay

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture: Discussion

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture: Sarah Jones

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture: Discussion

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture (FILL): Lauren Rodriguez

Friday Informal Lunchtime Lecture (FILL): Sam Schiano

Informal Lunch Seminar: Katie Lankowicz

Informal Lunch Seminar: Discussion

Next Generation: Maddy Lahm on marine carbon cycling

Peter Goodwin chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2022

Peter Goodwin chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2022

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Kate Sheehan, FSU

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Maggie Triska, Roundriver

How to Plant Millions of Oysters in a Day

Maryland earns B- on Coastal Adaptation report card

Leadership Maryland Announces Class of 2022

FLORIDA’S UNDERSEA WORLD

Food, Plastic, and You: The World Has Been Conquered by Plastic

Watershed Moments: Nicolas Zegre, WVU

Emily Cohen Awarded NSF Career Award

Growing oxygen deficient zones absorb carbon into the deep ocean

A hatchery is born in Lewes

America’s Watershed Initiative Focuses Attention On Mississippi River System

Emily Cohen awarded NSF CAREER Award to study migrating birds as communities

Emily Cohen awarded NSF CAREER Award to study migrating birds as communities

S4C Webinar - Urban Seascaping: Principles and Practices for Co-Developing Cities with Shared Waters

S4C Webinar - Solutions to Ship Introductions of Invasive Species

S4C Webinar - Metals in Urban Estuaries

S4C Webinar - The Keystone Molecule: What Oxygen and its Depletion Tells Us About Coastal Ecosystems

S4C Webinar - World Harbour Project: Linking Urban Ocean Initiatives Around the Globe

Growing oxygen deficient zones absorb carbon into the deep ocean

Kerry Burns

Growing oxygen deficient zones absorb carbon into the deep ocean

New tagging project to learn more about turtles

Weekend Roundup: With climate change comes changes in Wisconsin winter activities

Tagged young turtles could recover ‘lost years’

Maryland Releases First-of-its-Kind Coastal Adaptation Report Card – Conduit Street

2022 General Assembly Session

It's A Reef Thing: Florida Oyster Study Yields Clues For Chesapeake

Calvert County museums

Patuxent commission shakeup follows development debates

Visiting Scholar Seminar: Tyler Flockhart

Md. Gets B- on First Coastal Adaptation Report Card

After Two Years, Consensus On Oyster Policy Still Elusive In Maryland

Maryland gives itself B-minus for adapting to climate change in coastal areas

State Gives Itself a B-Minus Grade for Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Areas

Md. gets passing grade on coastal climate change preparedness with room for improvement

Protecting the Coasts in Maryland

Maryland releases first-of-its kind Coastal Adaptation Report Card

Maryland releases first-of-its kind Coastal Adaptation Report Card

Next Generation: Fisheries research with Ben Frey

After two years, consensus on oyster policy still elusive in Maryland

'Minorities in Aquaculture' founder speaks with Rotary Club of Cambridge

SCEMFIS: New Survey Will Help Fill Gaps in Menhaden Count in New England, Mid-Atlantic

Growing fishery? NOAA to work on winter survey of menhaden off N.J. coast

Horn Point Lab to study microplastics in Choptank watershed

Microplastics-Marine Debris Project

Why an IT productivity company supports our algae project?

Sarah Hughes

New Study Tracks Microplastics in Maryland’s Choptank Watershed

Atlantic sturgeon: Not the ‘ghosts’ I once thought they were

UMCES Bay Plastic Pollution Study to Use Drones, Infrared

NEW STUDY TRACKS MICROPLASTICS IN WATERSHED

UMD studies microplastics in water

Research cruise gets rare chance to study Bering and Chukchi seas

Cynthia Ross

Margaret Giitter

Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond

VIMS to Open New Oyster Breeding Facility in 2022

Sikuliaq research cruise gets rare chance to study Bering & Chukchi Seas in November

Atlantic sturgeon: Not the ‘ghosts’ I once thought they were

Riverkeeper’s dismissal heightens state conflict

New study tracks microplastics in watershed

In Virginia, country’s top oyster-breeding facility gets upgrade to match

Bernie Fowler, tireless Maryland advocate for clean water, dies

CUTTING MERCURY INPUTS TO LAKES QUICKLY REDUCES MERCURY IN THE FISH WE EAT, SAY SCIENTISTS

Christopher Turner

EDITORIAL: Making sense of Bay grades

Unprecedented die-offs, melting ice: Climate change is wreaking havoc in the Arctic and beyond

Horn Point Laboratory scientists journey to Thailand to collaborate on global stressors to marine ecosystems

Update from the Gulf of Mexico on Harmful Algal Blooms

Cutting mercury inputs to lakes quickly reduces mercury in the fish we eat, say scientists

Former Commissioner, State Sneator Bernie Folwer dies at 97

Former Calvert Commissioner, Maryland Senator Bernie Fowler Sr. Passes Away At 97

PIASECKI WINS STAFF AWARD

NEXT GENERATION: NICOLE TRENHOLM

Climate change brings a perfect storm of raw sewage and rainfall in cities that can least afford it

Here’s Why Blue Crab Has Disappeared From Menus Around DC

Next Generation: Nicole Trenholm on melting in the Arctic

John Piasecki wins university staff award

Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

Building a sustainable seafood system

Next Generation: Olivia Pares on viruses in blue crabs

Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Report – Year-End 2021

Israel seeks strategic partnership in agriculture with US

Climate change brings a perfect storm of raw sewage and rainfall in cities that can least afford it

The Mighty Oyster

How Is It Raining Plastic?! [Video]

Scientists crack genetic code of Chesapeake Bay blue crab

What’s on the Thanksgiving table in a hotter, drier world?

What’s on theThanksgivingtable in a hotter,drier world?

Oyster restoration starts small, thinks big on Maryland’s Severn River

The Mighty Oyster: Cover feature for Baltimore Magazine October Issue

Oyster Restoration Starts Small, Thinks Big On Maryland's Severn River

This is exactly how climate change has affected your state

Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study

Scientists crack genetic code of Chesapeake Bay blue crab

The Maryland darter, the only animal unique to the state, is about to be declared extinct

Annapolis Green Talk: What Does COP26 Conference Mean for Maryland

Infrastructure bill signed into law includes nearly $8 billion for Maryland projects

Oyster restoration starts small, thinks big on Maryland’s Severn River

Oysters in the ‘R’ Months, or in All Months!

Scientists Crack Genetic Code Of Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab

Bill Boicourt, professor emeritus, shares his expertise on tides in a podcast

Horn Point Lab receives a Waterfowl Chesapeake 2021 “Community in Conservation” Grant

EarthTalks to discuss drivers of tropical forest decline in Indonesia, Brazil

Cultivating Change

What Are The Chesapeake Bay's Marshes Worth? New Study Suggests Billions

What Could Climate Change Mean For Baltimore And Maryland?

Expertos pedirán al Congreso más supervisión petrolera en alta mar

New Material Derived From Trees Could Pave Way for Better, Safer Batteries - NEWS BRIG

A DECADE OF DECISION: UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE

Podcast: The Tide Is Shifting: A Conversation With Oceanographer Bill Boicourt

What are the Chesapeake Bay's marshes worth? New study suggests billions

Here’s why Friday’s flooding around the Chesapeake Bay could be record setting — and what climate change has to do with it

Researchers say microplastics might decimate Grand Strand marine wildlife

Meet PLOS ONE’s new Biogeochemistry Section Editor, Professor Lee Cooper

NOAA program supports diversity in next generation of marine scientists

A decade of decision: Understanding climate change

Appalachian Laboratory to host virtual event on vultures

Solar-powered oyster barge seeks to improve Chesapeake Bay restoration, aquaculture

Solar-powered oyster farm sets sail

Maryland Coastal Bays get C+ health assessment

Effective Stewardship In The Fertilizer Industry

Maryland is seeing an increase in precipitation, sea level and flooding

Michael Peters

Beverly and Richard Tilghman honored as Chesapeake Champions for the environment

Experts ask Congress for more offshore oil oversight as California cleanup continues

Maryland Coastal Bays Receives C+ on 2019-2020 Report Card

Maryland sees increase in rainfall, flooding, and rising sea level in past 20 years: NOAA

Lawmakers warned of risks from aging offshore infrastructure - Roll Call

Mike Roman to step down as Horn Point Laboratory director

Study Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic

UMES Receives $30M NOAA Grant to Diversify Marine Sciences Workforce

Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?

“All Marylanders Love To Eat Big Juicy Fat Blue Crabs”

Local scientists: Blue crabs have double the chromosomes of humans

Ocean City residents, businesses and environmentalists spar again over wind farm expansion proposals

Cracking the blue crab's genetic code

Ocean City divided again over wind farm expansion proposals

Opinion: Fish spills renew concerns about menhaden management

Let’s choose nature over higher flood walls

Maryland scientists crack blue crab’s genetic code

Maryland scientists crack blue crab’s genetic code

GameChanger: Imani Black

Mark Bennett: Terre Haute's climate may feel like Arkansas by 2080

GT/ Solar cells for power-generating windows

There Are 200,000 Cats In DC. Yes, Someone Counted

Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?

Community Learning

Maryland draws on UMCES expertise on ocean acidification

Climate change in focus in online community learning series

Climate change in focus in online community learning series

RESEARCHERS RELEASE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

A new measurement for sustainable agriculture

Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Report – August 2021

First-of-its-kind quantitative assessment for sustainable agriculture

Wildlife Wednesday: Animals are “shape-shifting” to cope with climate change

Brown Bag Seminar: Isabel Sanchez

Brown Bag Seminar: Kohma Arai

Brown Bag Seminar: Emma Green

Brown Bag Seminar: Andrea Pfaff

Brown Bag Seminar: Sam Schiano

Brown Bag Seminar: Ben Frey

Brown Bag Seminar: Megan Munkacsy

Brown Bag Seminar: Samara Nehemiah

Brown Bag Seminar: Sarah Jones

Brown Bag Seminar: Nicholas Coleman

Brown Bag Seminar: CBL DEI Committee

Researchers release first-of-its-kind quantitative assessment for sustainable agriculture

Researchers release first-of-its-kind quantitative assessment for sustainable agriculture

Sustainable Agriculture Matrix

New Partnership Formed to Advance Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture

Hurricane Ida oil spills 'mind-boggling,' but likely not as bad as Katrina, Rita

Isotope mapping sheds rare light into migratory routes, natal origins of monarch butterflies

Why These Teens Built a No-code App to Tackle Climate Change, Locally

Tilghmans enrich the Mid-Shore with commitment to education, environment

SUMMER INTERN DAVONTE DOUGLAS CONNECTS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Maryland artist and scientist team up to visualize Chesapeake Bay

Maryland artist and scientist team up to visualize Chesapeake Bay

Summer Intern Davonte Douglas connects environmental science and social justice

Matt Houser

David Garcia

S4C Webinar - Risk Assessment in the Face of Climate Change

S4C Webinar - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

S4C Webinar - Climate Warming and the Arctic Marine Ecosystem

S4C Webinar - Climate Impacts on Golden Tilefish

S4C Webinar - Future Wildland Fire

S4C Webinar - Climate Change 101

Next Generation: Amber Fandel on tracking the movement of marine mammals

XIN ZHANG PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

CBL scientist Lora Harris awarded Elkins Professorship - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

Bay Ecosystem: The Life and Biological Times of Dr. Thomas C. Malone

Lora Harris awarded Elkins Fellowship for efforts to diversify ocean sciences

LORA HARRIS AWARDED ELKINS PROFESSORSHIP

Xin Zhang promoted to associate professor

Distinguished Scholar Seminar: Dr. Mark Cochrane (UMCES - AL)

Lora Harris awarded Elkins Professorship

Lora Harris awarded Elkins Professorship

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Kenny Rose (Professor, UMCES-HPL)

Richard Johnson completes summer internship at Appalachian Laboratory

Index Suggests That Half of Nitrogen Applied to Crops Is Lost

Female and Young Walruses Rely on Arctic Sea Ice for Nourishment—And Now It’s Rapidly Vanishing

Sunny Sunday With Overnight Storms - Update On Northern Minnesota Fires

Chris Dollar: Volunteers working to reverse ongoing decline of Chesapeake Bay oyster population | COMMENTARY

Female and young walruses depend on disappearing Arctic sea ice for food sources

Cells Discovered in Corals, Sea Anemones, Engulfing Bacteria; A Discovery Potential for Better Marine Health Assessment

Jing Wang

Female and young walruses depend on disappearing Arctic sea ice for food sources

Female and young walruses depend on disappearing Arctic sea ice for food sources

New study analyzes global environmental consequences of weakening US-China trade relationship

HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS

Can Makeover Save Annapolis City Dock From Sea Level Rise?

Exciting research into whales happening off coast of Maryland

China Briefing, 12 August 2021: Beijing’s response to IPCC report; Climate ‘blue paper’; Coal price rises

USA - Walling Off One Coastal Area Can Flood Another

Harmful Algal Blooms

Anna Hildebrand

Robert Bell

KR Resources & References

Matt Stefanak

Can makeover save Annapolis City Dock from sea level rise?

Julianna Brush to receive 2021 USM Regents’ Staff Award

New buoy could help scientists protect whales from wind farm construction off the coast of Ocean City

UMD Deploys High-Tech Buoys to Study and Protect Whales

New study measures how nitrogen is managed in agriculture around the world

Watershed Moments: Katie Fallon, Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia

Watershed Moments: Walter Boynton, UMCES-CBL-Cancelled

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Anahí Espíndola, UMCP

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Cassie Gurbisz, SMCM

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Bill Dennison and Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, UMCES-IAN

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Andrea Pain, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Clara Fuchsman, UMCES-HPL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Andrew Landsman, NPS

TRI-STATE TODAY JULY 30TH 2021

Distinguished Scholar Seminar: Dr. Catherine Lalande (Universite Laval)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar: Dr. Hussein R. Sayani (Georgia Tech)

Julianna Brush to receive 2021 USM Regents’ Staff Award

Julianna Brush to receive 2021 USM Regents’ Staff Award

UMCES graduate students earn prestigious 2022 Knauss Fellowship

Find the Best of the Bay in Solomons

Nelson and Fitzpatrick to lead Appalachian Laboratory

Sunday Supper discussions continue online

Dolphins 'all over the place' in Chesapeake Bay

Mysterious blue crab shortage spawns big-time sticker shock

NELSON AND FITZPATRICK SELECTED AS NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT APPALACHIAN LABORATORY

UMES Researcher Awarded $1M U.S. Navy Science Grant

UMCES graduate students earn prestigious 2022 Knauss Fellowship

Measuring nitrogen to improve its management

Measuring nitrogen to improve its management

Yanyu Wang

New leadership team selected at Appalachian Laboratory

Celebrate 2021 Chesapeake Champions for the Environment

Maryland looks to restore oyster population

June 2021 Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Report

Fun Fact: Friends of Flipper Visit the Chesapeake

Stickstoff messen, um sein Management zu verbessern

Measuring nitrogen to improve its management

US Wind Applauds Whale Research in Maryland Offshore Lease Area

Virtual visit to Horn Point Oyster Hatchery

Monitoring Buoy deployed for whale research in Maryland offshore lease area

Closing knowledge gaps for sustainable agriculture

Whale monitoring buoy to be deployed in Maryland windfarm area

NY - Chesapeake Bay: Why 50 Years Of Restoration Efforts Haven't Fixed It

Artists, community celebrate new bird mural

Congratulations to HPL's 2021 Graduates!

Monitoring Buoy to Help Research Marine Mammals off Atlantic Coast

Monitoring Buoy to Help Research Marine Mammals off Atlantic Coast

Monitoring Buoy to Help Research Marine Mammals off Atlantic Coast

New Ocean Buoy Monitors Whales off Md.’s Atlantic Coast

Smaller Bay dead zone forecast for summer

A $26-billion plan to save the Houston area from rising seas

Dolphins 'all over the place' in Chesapeake Bay

Art and Science come together to enhance Cambridge’s Streetscape.

2021 IMET Interns

Graduate Student Mentors

What brings dolphins to the Chesapeake Bay?

What brings dolphins to the Chesapeake Bay?

Report: Chesapeake Bay grade remains at B- for 2020

Dolphins 'all over the place' in Chesapeake Bay

A $26 Billion Plan to Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas

Artists, community celebrate bird mural in unveiling

Chesapeake Bay Report Card: ‘How Did We Wind Up Not Getting an A-Plus?’

Promising Prediction: Smaller Bay Dead Zone Forecast for Summer

Next Generation Feature

Smaller Chesapeake Bay dead zone forecast for second year in a row

Smaller Chesapeake Bay dead zone forecast for second year in a row

Chesapeake Bay health score held steady in 2020

Chesapeake Bay health score held steady in 2020

Recreational crabbers reminded to take care of the terrapin

THE OCEAN WITHIN US

Md. Considers Easing Oyster Harvest Limits

What’s happening with the Bolivar Roads Gate System?

THREE U.S. SCHOLARS WIN THE NEW STRATEGIC AWARD

Annual Patuxent Wade-in Yields Disappointing Water Clarity Results

A $26-Billion Plan Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas

Anne Gustafson honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

How To Anchor

Track Dolphins In Chesapeake Bay, Fish For Invasive Snakeheads

Anita Shelton

YONATHAN ZOHAR & RUSSELL T. HILL: America has an opportunity in aquaculture, but Congress needs to clear regulatory path first

100 cities where summer is starting earlier

Commentary: America has an opportunity in aquaculture, but Congress needs to clear regulatory path first

Marshall Grossman

Faygo’s new Firework soda pop flavor tastes exactly like a Bomb Pop

Opinion : America has an opportunity in aquaculture. Congress needs to act.

Professor Rosemary Jagus recognized for efforts to increase diversity in marine sciences

Jeremy Testa selected by UMCES graduate students as Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Opinion: Tide Is Changing For Oysters In The Chesapeake Bay

Using Science to Support Chesapeake Stripers

100 cities where summer is starting earlier

Commentary: America has an opportunity in aquaculture, but Congress needs to clear regulatory path first

JEREMY TESTA SELECTED BY UMCES GRADUATE STUDENTS AS OUTSTANDING FACULTY MENTOR

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental leaders at Commencement 2021

Julianna Brush and Molly Pickel receive UMCES’ Staff Award

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental leaders

Estuary plumes as driver of inner continental shelf benthic community structure and function. National Science Foundation

Christina Goethel awarded UMCES' Student Service Award

Christina Goethel awarded UMCES' Student Service Award

Professor Rose Jagus receives President’s Award for Excellence in the Application of Science

Professor Rose Jagus receives President’s Award for Excellence in the Application of Science

Anne Gustafson honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Summer Internship 2021 Blog

Scott Hunsicker

Sophia Ahn awarded the 2021 Ryan Saba Memorial Student Fellowship

UMCES, NOAA and Yes& win 2021 Hermes Creative Platinum Awards

Past Virtual Seminars

Anne Gustafson honored with President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Jeremy Testa selected by UMCES graduate students as Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Jeremy Testa selected by UMCES graduate students as Outstanding Faculty Mentor

Neonic-Treated Milkweed an Ecological Trap' for Monarchs, U of G Studies Suggest

No need to be ssssscared of the copperhead

Have an affinity for dolphins? Help researchers study them in the Chesapeake Bay

Radioactive Fallout From Nuclear Bombs Detected in US Honey

Projects to Enhance Recreational Fishing and Restore Habitat

Mais de 60 anos depois: Como testes nucleares afetaram o mel dos EUA

Fryling Fund of the Mid-Shore Community Foundation Awards FY21 Grants

Taking their work abroad

Virtual IMET Defense: Steven Rodgers (Ph.D. Candidate)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Elodie Passeport (University of Toronto))

VIDEO: Dolphin-Spotting on the Rise Among Bay Boaters as 2021 Sightings Begin

Eleven Calvert Women Honored at the 18th Annual Women of the World Celebration

Using Science to Support the Chesapeake Bay’s Rockfish Population

What do Americans think about Biden's new pledge?

Eleven Calvert Women Honored At 2021 Women Of The World

IMET GRADUATE STUDENT TURNED ENTREPRENEUR BURNS THROUGH NEXT STEP TO CONVERTING ALGAE INTO A SUCCESSFUL BIOFUEL BUSINESS

Using Science to Support the Chesapeake Bay’s Rockfish Population

IMET graduate student-turned entrepreneur is converting algae into a successful biofuel business

Nicole Trenholm

Spring Speeding Up Around the Bay, Research Shows

Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card Scores Georgia’s Coastal Environment B+

Cold War legacy: Investigation of cesium-137 in U.S. honey

Citing need to reduce nutrient sediment, environmental groups appeal new 50-year license for Conowingo Dam

Nuclear Fallout in U.S. Honey, Study Finds

UMCES Commencement 2021

Virtual IMET Defense: Mengqi Sun (Ph.D. Candidate, UMCES-IMET)

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Veronica Del Bianco

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Katie Lotterhos, Northeastern

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Meredith Steele, VA Tech

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Justin Mathias, UC-Santa Barbara

NSF AWARDS $1 MILLION FOR COASTAL OCEAN RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE ECOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ATLANTIC OCEAN

In Chesapeake oysters' future: underwater drones, shellfish barges?

IMET Virtual Seminar: Dr. Timothy Canty (MEES Director and Assistant Professor)

NSF award to help understand ocean ecology where Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic meet

UMD-led study: road salts and other human sources are threatening world’s freshwater supplies

Leader in global nitrogen cycle research Eric Davidson named Jefferson Science Fellow

Commencement 2021

Integration and Application Network

Earth Day 2021

NSF awards $1 million for coastal ocean research to understand the ecology at the interface of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean

NSF awards $1 million for coastal ocean research to understand the ecology at the interface of the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean

Appalachian Lab faculty earns prestigious National Science Foundation award

XIN ZHANG RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Judy Wu-Smart, UNL

Alan Williams

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Eric Davidson & Dan Filer, CHWA CESU

Women in STEM: stories of Resilience, Spirit and Success

A FULL-COURSE MEAL FOR OYSTER LARVAE

How climate change has affected each state

Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award

ERIC DAVIDSON NAMED JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOW

MEES Graduate Student Srishti Vishwakarma Awarded Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate School UMD. 2021

Eric Davidson named Jefferson Science Fellow

Eric Davidson named Jefferson Science Fellow

Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award

Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award

A full-course meal for oyster larvae

Chemists Warn: Toxic Air Pollutants From Fossil Fuels “Multiply” in Sunlight

NIGHT MOVES

Consortium for Ocean Leadership Names Dr. Alan Leonardi as President and CEO

Chemists Warn: Toxic Air Pollutants From Fossil Fuels “Multiply” in Sunlight

Nayani Vidyarathna

Toxic PAH air pollutants from fossil fuels 'multiply' in sunlight

Fowl air: Lawsuit targets air pollution from Maryland chicken industry

Toxic PAH air pollutants from fossil fuels ‘multiply’ in sunlight

April Events at the Calvert Marine Museum

Meet the Extension Specialist: Shannon Hood

Diversity in Aquaculture

Virus rates remain low as local colleges look to expand in-person learning

Science for Citizens: Changing Weather, Changing Farms

Science for Citizens: Stream Restoration Effectiveness

Virtual Defense: Kelsey Abernathy (Ph.D. Candidate, UMB-IMET)

Science for Citizens: What’s in Our Water?

Science for Citizens: Depleting the Chesapeake Bay

Science for Citizens: The US Ocean Decade

Alicia Clarke

Smithsonian study finds more bad news about climate change: skimpier Chesapeake Bay oysters

Reforested areas rival mature forests in securing water, study finds

Boatyard Bar & Grill and Sailor Oyster Bar Are Tops for Oyster Recycling in 2020

Virtual IMET Thesis Defense: Lauren Jonas (Master's Candidate)

Creating a resilient river report card and scenario model for the Upper Rio Grande

Virtual Seminar: Dr. Natalia de Val (Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Minorities in Aquaculture: Working To Increase Diversity and Accessibility

For Love of Nature: Facing a much hotter future

Commissioners Appoint Resilience Authority of Charles County Board of Directors

Mysterious Mysids: Maryland Sea Grant-funded scientists are using innovative methods to study this elusive but important Bay shrimp species

Effort to understand agricultural nitrogen in U.S. and China receives joint funding

COHEN, AMJV PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES NFWF AWARD

Charting a Resilient Future for the Rio Grande

Rio Grande Resilient Basin Report Card

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Robert Hilderbrand, UMCES-AL

Experts

Projects

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Amy Johnson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Warming climate will impact dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay

UMCES led coalition to study climate impact on bays & estuaries

Late-season Arctic research cruise reveals unseasonably warm ocean temperatures and active ecosystem

Future Urban Climates app helps visualize climate changes North America

Aligning Science, Politics and Economics on the Path to Climate Solutions

EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND NITROGEN USE IN U.S. AND CHINA RECEIVES JOINT FUNDING FROM NSF

Women in aquaculture: Imani Black

Imani Black working to bring diversity to aquaculture

Imani Black working to involve Minorities in Aquaculture

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Bill Currie, University of MI

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Philip Townsend, University of WI

Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative Achievement Report

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory scientists awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships to study climate and the environment

Solomons Lab Researchers Win Coveted Fulbright Scholarships

Locomotor activity and growth response of glass eel Anguilla marmorata exposed to different salinity levels

Scientists Awarded Fulbright Scholarships to Study Climate and Environment

These 6 pandemic fatigue-fighting creative campaigns won University System of Maryland’s Public Health Challenge

Chelsea Fowler wins USM COVID-19 awareness messaging competition

Alumna Deborah Bronk named president-elect of Oceanography Society

Ecolabeling can benefit shellfish aquaculture

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Javier Robalino (HHMI)

IMET Town Hall

Effort to understand nitrogen use in U.S. and China receives joint funding from NSF

Effort to understand nitrogen use in U.S. and China receives joint funding from NSF

October Distributed Biological Cruise - Late Season Sampling during COVID-19

Fulbright-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arctic Scholar 2021-2022

Maryland Department of the Environment Water Quality Trading Program Newsletter

Maryland Department of Environment Water Quality Trading Program

Scientists awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships

UMCES scientists awarded prestigious Fulbright scholarships

A Critical Review of Organic Ultraviolet Filter Exposure, Hazard, and Risk to Corals

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Shawn W. Polson (Associate Professor, University of Delaware)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Matan Golan (Researcher, Israeli Agricultural Research Organization

How climate change has affected each state

Todd Lookingbill and Katia Engelhardt column: A path forward for conservation: The country's 600th national natural landmark

UMCES LAUNCHES PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY

IS CORAL DECLINE LINKED TO SUNSCREEN? SCIENTISTS SAY MORE STUDY IS NEEDED

KNAUSS FELLOWS EXPLORE SCIENCE AND POLICY ISSUES (VIRTUALLY) IN D.C.

Knauss Fellowship Not (Remotely) Going as Planned

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Rodney Richardson (Assistant Professor, UMCES-AL)

Knauss Fellows explore science and policy issues (virtually) in D.C.

Is coral decline linked to sunscreen? Scientists say more study is needed

New life for the Chesapeake Bay

Study finds water quality improvements in Maryland's Choptank River

Small Particles, Big Problems?

Nitrogen and the food system

UMCES launches first professional certificate program in Environmental Management for Sustainability

UMCES launches professional certificate in Environmental Management for Sustainability

Richard Arnold

New book assesses changing anthropogenic pressures in the context of global climate change

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Doug Levin (Washington College)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Mark Cochrane (UMCES, Appalachian Laboratory)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Ryan Hoover (Maryland Institute College of Art)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez (Florida International University) and Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Alison Thieme, (University of Maryland College Park)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Matthew Cappucci (Washington Post)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: David Pellow (University of California Santa Barbara)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Johannes Urpelainen (Johns Hopkins University)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Pat Keys (Colorado State University)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Leo Drake Deming (University of Maryland College Park)

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Brad Foley (Penn State University)

Watershed Moments: Rob Dunn, NCSU

Meagan Criscuoli

PFAS Scientific Roundtable

Fact Sheet Summarizes Nutrient Trends and Drivers in the Chesapeake Watershed

Nutrient Trends and Drivers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Horn Point Laboratory Virtual Seminar Series: Zohreh Davoudi (University of Maryland College Park)

Watershed Moments Community Learning Series- Rebekah Taylor, Frostburg State University

Study finds some water quality improvements in Choptank River

Study finds some water quality improvements in Choptank River

Grant aims to accelerate sustainable shellfish aquaculture, boost Virginia coastal economies

Grant aims to accelerate sustainable shellfish aquaculture

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Shawn W. Polson (Associate Professor, University of Delaware)

Abdulmajid Alrefaie

Projects

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Erin Burge (Professor of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Heather Hamlin (Associate Professor, University of Maine)

Faculty Seminars

Website Requests

IAN's eNews January 2021

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Xin Zhang, UMCES-AL

Nina Santos

UMCES Press Release Request Form

Flood-hit city heads to Supreme Court over climate damage

Chesapeake's Health Gets A D+ Amid Mixed Progress, Assessment Finds

Solar-powered barge could take oyster farming deeper into Chesapeake

Are monarchs endangered? Scientists debate as United States mulls protection

D+ grade for protecting the Bay

Srishti Vishwakarma presented her research on international wheat trade in an invited seminar at Washington Statistical Society. Dec 16, 2020.

Late-Season Arctic Research Cruise Reveals Warm Ocean Temperatures, Active Ecosystem

Late-Season Arctic Research Cruise Reveals Warm Ocean Temperatures, Active Ecosystem

VIDEO: Auto-Rotating Oyster Cages Aim to Reinvent Aquaculture

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dave Nelson, UMCES-AL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Steven Guinn, UMCES-AL

The open sea met the Arctic scientists

2020 Mississippi River Watershed Report Card Released

These Maryland companies have teamed up to help grow oysters in deeper water — with the help of solar energy

Mid-Shore Science: Wetlands and Climate Resilience with Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier

‘Windows of opportunity’ crucial for cutting Chesapeake nutrient, sediment loads

Doing good by eating good

William Atkinson

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Fighting Surging Seas in a Changing Climate

Fighting Surging Seas in a Changing Climate

‘Windows of opportunity’ crucial for cutting Chesapeake nutrient, sediment loads

RICHARDSON JOINS APPALACHIAN LABORATORY FACULTY

MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERSHED RECEIVES A GRADE OF C-

'Windows of opportunity' crucial for cutting Chesapeake nutrient, sediment loads

Water quality, flooding mean low grade for major watershed

Mississippi River Watershed Receives a Grade of C-

Death by Plastic

Washington winters are rapidly warming up and feeling more Southern

Report: $2B annually needed to improve Mississippi River water quality

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Gregory Wiens (USDA)

Richardson joins Appalachian Laboratory faculty

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Lynda Coughlan (Assistant Professor, UMB)

Mississippi River Report Card 2020

Mississippi River Watershed Receives a Grade of C-

2020 Mississippi River Watershed Report Card

IAN's eNews December 2020

Salmon Are for The Trees: A Lesson on Interconnectedness

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Matt Fitzpatrick, Appalachian Laboratory

Looking through the Lens of Environmental Justice

U.S. Reef Continue Decline, Nationwide Report Finds

Mapping bird migration

Death by plastic: Sea turtles, marine mammals imperiled by growing debris in Chesapeake Bay

Solar Oysters constructs new floatovoltaic oyster aquaculture system

Oyster Shell Recycling Program Impacted By Pandemic

Death by plastic: Bay’s sea turtles, marine mammals imperiled by growing debris

Limin Sun

Chelsea Fowler

Death by plastic: Bay’s sea turtles, marine mammals imperiled by growing debris

Here's how Biden's administration may tackle climate change

Maryland Delegation Members Applaud $500,000 Award to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences for Sustainable Agriculture Research

Lawmakers, activists push Biden to stick to climate promises

Aquaculture Start-up Solar Oysters Aims to Clean the Chesapeake Bay by 2025

Bruna Sobrinho

Death by plastic: Bay’s sea turtles, marine mammals imperiled by growing debris

U.S. corals stressed about current events

'Dire outlook': scientists say Florida reefs have lost nearly 98% of coral

The Easiest Pet You’ll Ever Own

Chickens in Tanzania, rabid dogs in Indonesia, and road-killed pigs in Samoa: Exploring ethnographies of environmental knowledge in indigenous, local, and traditional cultures, to assess agreement between actions, perceptions, and values

'We packed long underwear and never wore it': Arctic scientists shocked at warming

‘eDNA’ reveals what’s swimming in the water

Arctic research cruise yields late data

2019 Integration and Application Network Report Card

Late-season Arctic research cruise reveals unseasonably warm ocean temperatures and active ecosystem

Late-season Arctic research cruise reveals unseasonably warm ocean temperatures and active ecosystem

U.S. coral reefs’ health assessed for the first time on a national scale

U.S. coral reefs’ health assessed for the first time on a national scale

IAN's eNews November 2020

The Search for Common Ground: A Case for Cultural Models

Coral reef condition : A status report for U.S. Coral Reefs

Walking away from the climate crisis: Not OK, boomer | COMMENTARY

Oyster farming in Maryland might get harder

MD - Environmentalists Mourn Loss of Pioneering Bay Scientist

NEXT GENERATION: SHANNON HOOD ON CONTROLLING BIOFOULING IN AQUACULTURE

Dan Rodricks: Walking away from the climate crisis: Not OK, boomer

Scientists learn how other invaders keep foreign mussels in Lake Michigan in check

2020 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Atlantic Jurisdictions

Chesapeake Bay dead zone smaller than in recent years

MARYLAND LOSES PIONEERING CHESAPEAKE BAY SCIENTIST MICHAEL KEMP

CHESAPEAKE BAY DEAD ZONE SMALLER THAN IN RECENT YEARS

This year’s Chesapeake Bay dead zone is the second smallest since 1985, report says

Research Team Receives Grant

Environmentalists Mourn Loss of Pioneering Bay Scientist

Got complex problems? Have a transdisciplinary smoothie!

NSF-funded project looks at the influence of environmental quality on Chesapeake policy decisions

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Elliott Kellner, WVU

Maryland loses pioneering Chesapeake Bay scientist Michael Kemp

Maryland loses pioneering Chesapeake Bay scientist Michael Kemp

Next Generation: Shannon Hood on controlling biofouling in aquaculture

Coastal Resilience

Michael Kemp

Fish Farms, Finance & FinTech

On Chesapeake Cleanup, Field Studies And Computer Predictions Don't Always Agree

MCBP warns bays’ health at turning point

Stream restoration techniques draw pushback: Some question tree removal

Chemical engineer brings real-world experiences to students virtually

Scientists learn how other invaders keep foreign mussels in Lake Michigan in check

Mapping out rest stops for migrating birds

Juli Brush Receives 2020 UMCES Staff Excellence Award

Michael Kemp Student Fund

Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice at IAN and beyond

NSF-funded project looks at the influence of environmental quality on Chesapeake policy decisions

Appalachian Laboratory welcomes new Ph.D. students

Engage inside, stay outside: look from politics, practice from ecology

Luke DeGroote

Rising Waters: Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Eric Davidson, Appalachian Laboratory

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Elsa Ordway, Harvard University

Virtual Seminar: Dr. Julie Huber (Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Tsvetan Bachvaroff (Research Assistant Professor)

IMET Town Hall

For What It’s Worth: Costs and Complexities in Environmental Economics

New Levels of Drought Forming

CBMM’s Fall Speaker Series to focus on climate change

Cartografía de la migración de aves

Scientists learn how other invaders keep foreign mussels in Lake Michigan in check

Stream Restoration Techniques Draw Pushback

Brown Bag Seminar: Drew Hobbs

Brown Bag Seminar: Hikaru Itakura

Brown Bag Seminar: Sarah Jones

Brown Bag: Ben Frey

Brown Bag Seminar: Annaleise Conway

Brown Bag Seminar: Isabel Sanchez

Brown Bag Seminar: Mike O'Brien

IAN's eNews October 2020

Celebrating World Rivers Day with our global partners

Tamburri joins International Maritime Organization’s Working Group on Biofouling Management

Stopover-to-passage Ratio

Stopover-to-passage Ratio

Carys Mitchelmore Appointed to the National Academy Committee on Oil in the Sea IV

Lisa Wainger appointed to California Delta Independent Science Board

New study highlights importance of U.S. coastal habitats for migrating birds

New study highlights importance of U.S. coastal habitats for migrating birds

Bacteria infection blamed for further elephant deaths in Zimbabwe

Examining social networks alongside cultural frameworks and their effectiveness in creating and implementing policy change

Yuren Chen

Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card

Wenjing Liu

Jonathan Johnson

Let’s Talk! Interdisciplinary dialogues help to operationalize Socio-Ecological Systems Resilience and Sustainability

Volunteer stream monitors help fill data gaps

'Toxic blooms' and climate change to blame for deaths of 300 elephants, say Botswana officials

Collaboration and Partnerships Make Data Collection Possible in a Challenging Year for Arctic Research

How climate change has affected each state

Mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana caused by toxins in water linked to climate change

Watershed Moments: Helen Bailey, UMCES-CBL

Voting Resources

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Scott Lynn (EPA)

Distinguised Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Danielle Haulsee (Stanford University)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Matthias Egger (The Ocean Cleanup)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Marco Hatch (Western Washington University)

Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series: Dr. Kristine Delong (Louisiana State University)

Tom Malone on understanding nutrient pollution in the world’s oceans

Towards improved understanding of human-environment interactions through cultural anthropology – building on the legacy of past scholars to overcome current challenges

Meet our Partners

CoPe Events

COASTLINES AND PEOPLE (CoPe) RESEARCH COORDINATION NETWORK

Bacteria behind deaths of 330 Botswana elephants

What Are the Micro-Organisms Causing Elephant Deaths in Botswana?

Senate passes $92 million in funding for Chesapeake Bay cleanup program Trump has repeatedly tried to slash

UPDATE 3-Botswana Says Toxins in Water Killed Hundreds of Elephants

What are the micro-organisms causing elephant deaths in Botswana?

Botswana says toxins in water killed hundreds of elephants

Maryland Delegation Announces $100,000 for Maryland Sea Grant Program

Coastal Resilience Seminar: Bregje vanWesenbeeck on green and grey infrastructure

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Molly Mitchell on marsh resilience under climate change

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Neil Ganju on salt marsh management and restoration

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Ariana Sutton-Grier on Coastal Ecosystems Services

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Philip Orton on contrasting surge barrier and nature-based mitigation

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Michelle Hummel on adapting to coastal change

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Adam Parris on a better coastal quality of life for NYC

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Carolyn Currin on North Carolina salt marshes

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Jim O'Donnell on sea level rise consequences

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Sergio Fagherazzi on marsh collapse

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Nicoletta Leonardi on lessons from the UK

Coastal Resiliency Seminar: Ming Li on defending coastlines

Coastlines and People Web Panel: Texas Coastal Spine in Houston/Galveston

Coastlines and People Web Panels: Living Breakwaters in New York Harbor

IAN's eNews September 2020

Next Generation: Student Interviews

After I Graduated: Alumni Interviews

Next Generation: Student Interviews

A Look in the Lab: Behind-the-Scenes Videos

Science at Home

Coastline and People Web Panel: Wetland Restoration in San Francisco Bay

Coastlines and People Web Panel: Netherland Beach Replenishments in Sand Motor

Alumni Interviews

The New Romantics: Unpacking the Human Relationship to Nature

Efforts to sustain Verde River get a boost with $1.2 million grant

"SCOOTERPALOOZA": Environmental groups pull 18 scooters & 5 bikes from Inner Harbor

18 E-Scooters, 5 Bicycles Pulled From Bottom Of Inner Harbor

IMET SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN MARINE SCIENCES

Late August 2020 Hypoxia Report

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Loren Albert, WVU

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Kevin Omland, UMBC

Events

IMET summer internship program aims to increase diversity in marine sciences

Rapid expansion of industrial farming in U.S. contributes to increased pollution, harmful algal blooms

Rapid expansion of industrial farming in U.S. contributes to increased pollution, harmful algal blooms

A watershed moment: Years of work and data culminate in the release of the Western Lake Erie Report Card

Virtual Seminar: Dr. Michele Nishiguchi (Professor, University of California, Merced)

Virtual Science Semester

Salmon farm planned on Eastern Shore

Spent Grain May be Key to Helping Stop Red Tide in Florida

Speaking Science to Power

EPA awards $18 million in grants for Chesapeake Bay cleanup projects, some on Eastern Shore

MASKS ON MARYLAND!

Virtual Dissertation Defense: Daniel Fucich (Graduate Student, UMCES-IMET)

Water Quality is Not Only Important, it’s Measurable

Could beer help Florida raise a glass to the end of Red Tide?

Progress continues on oyster reef restoration

Lake Erie gets graded

Research facility to study stormwater strategies around new poultry houses

Global warming may release carbon in tropics

Coastal pollution is causing significant increase in dead zones in oceans around the world

Collaborative program by UMCES and ShoreRivers expands environmental education on the Eastern Shore

Collaborative program by UMCES and ShoreRivers expands environmental education on the Eastern Shore

The Lessons

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth North (Associate Professor, UMCES-HPL)

The key to fighting coastal land loss is in Antarctica. And the voting booth,

Hotter Tropical Soils Emit More Carbon Dioxide: Sixty-five billion metric tons of the plant-warming gas could enter the atmosphere by 2100

Global warming could unlock carbon in tropical soil

Human activity can aggravate effects of nutrient pollution in marine ecosystems

‘Electric mud’ teems with new, mysterious bacteria

POLICIES & GUIDANCE

WELLNESS

ECOHAB17: Development of a Mechanistic ROMS-RCA-HAB Model for Predicting Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium veneficum Blooms in Chesapeake Bay. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

Generation mechanisms of nonlinear internal waves in coastal plain estuaries. National Science Foundation.

Identifying Thresholds in Coupled Biogeochemical-Biological-Economic Systems Under Multiple Stressors. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

ECOHAB19: Life and death of Karenia brevis blooms in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

CoPe RCN (Research Coordination Network): Advancing Interdisciplinary Research to Build Resilient Communities and Infrastructure in the Nation's Estuaries and Bays. National Science Foundation.

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Donna Marie Bilkovic (Research Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Effects of nutrient pollution in marine ecosystems are compounded by human activity

Western Lake Erie basin gets C's on first report card

Western Lake Erie Report Card shows the watershed, lake basin receive moderate scores

Global warming makes tropical soils leak CO2 — study

Warming Tropical Soil Emits Unexpectedly Large Amounts of CO2, New Study Finds

The Lessons

The Lessons

Western Lake Erie Report Card

Western Lake Erie Report Card

IAN's eNews August 2020

The Lessons

Studying Maryland’s official state reptile on Pax River’s beaches

Funding the Research to Jumpstart Ecosystem Approaches in Fisheries Management

EPA extends utility coal ash compliance deadline 6 months

Number of dolphins in the Bay on the rise this summer

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Jeyasuria Pancharatnam (Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Chris DuPont (Associate Professor, J. Craig Vetner Institute)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Donald Bryant (Professor, The Pennsylvania State University)

Bay 101

Bay 101 Seminars

Joseph Edgerton

USM Board of Regents honors Monica Gellene and Amy Griffin with Staff Awards

USM Board of Regents honors Monica Gellene and Amy Griffin with Staff Awards

Harmful Algal Blooms Are on the Rise — Here’s Why Stopping Them Is So Hard

REVIEW OF HOW FISH HEAR COULD LEAD TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FISH ARE AFFECTED BY SOUND DISTURBANCES IN THE OCEAN

Number of dolphins in the Bay on the rise this summer

New network tracks ammonia, particulates in Md.’s Eastern Shore

Baltimore’s July heat wave broke a nearly 150-year-old record. And ‘it isn’t going to get better.’

PLASTICWATCH

Review of how fish hear could lead to better understanding of how fish are affected by sound disturbances in the ocean

UMCES Graduates Students Awarded 2021 Knauss Fellowship

UMCES Graduates Students Awarded 2021 Knauss Fellowship

Review of how fish hear could lead to better understanding of how fish are affected by sound disturbances in the ocean

Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches

Severn River Receives Boatload Of Oysters Through Operation Build-A-Reef

VIDEO: Dolphin Pod Wows Severn River, Sightings Rise Baywide

16.9 million baby oysters planted in Severn River

Severn Build-A-Reef returns as Horn Point hatchery overcomes low salinity, then virus

Dissolved Oxygen level in Chesapeake Bay better than average for June

Virtual IMET Defense: Amanda Lawrence (Graduate Student, UMCES-IMET)

CANCELED: Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Joy Watts (Professor, University of Portsmouth)

Virtual Seminar: Dr. Nianzhi Jiao (Professor, Xiamen University)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Lora Harris (Associate Professor, UMCES-CBL)

The Lessons

Bay 101: Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses with Lorie Staver

Bay 101: Modeling: what it is and how it helps predict the future of the Chesapeake Bay with Kenny Rose

Bay 101: Bolstering the Maryland oyster aquaculture industry with Shannon Hood

June Chesapeake Bay mainstem Hypoxia report shows better than average results

$ 1 Billion Salmon Farming Industry to Launch on Md. Eastern Shore

THE LIFE OF AN OYSTER: SPAWNING

Aquafeeds from power plants?

June 2020 Hypoxia Report

Jens Wira

Luke Feeney

Miranda Judd

$1 Billion Salmon Farming Industry to Launch on Md. Eastern Shore

MD - Heavy rains clobbered water quality, but it wasn't a total washout

PAT GLIBERT ELECTED PRESIDENT TO PRESTIGIOUS ASSOCIATION BY PEERS

DON BOESCH RECEIVES 2020 SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES FOUNDATION

Baltimore’s community lab puts the scientific method in the people’s hands

Factors Controlling Hypoxia Occurrence in Estuaries, Chester River, Chesapeake Bay

Associate professor receives faculty mentorship award for work at Appalachian Laboratory

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles (Assistant Professor, University of Miami)

Pat Glibert elected president of international society of marine researchers

Meet our Team

Don Boesch receives 2020 Sustained Achievement Award from Renewable Natural Resources Foundation

Don Boesch receives 2020 Sustained Achievement Award from Renewable Natural Resources Foundation

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Inna Sokolova (Professor, University of Rostock)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Eve Marder (Professor, Brandeis University)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Salina Parveen (Professor, UMES)

Bay 101: Chesapeake Bay’s currents and winds for sailors and water enthusiasts with Bill Boicourt

Juniperus monosperma (One-seed Juniper)

Populus deltoides (Eastern Cottonwood)

Favela in Brazil

Horn Point Laboratory Offers “Bay 101” Virtual Seminars

Offshore Wind Farm Foundation May Become Rest Stop for Fish In the Future by Drafting Optimal Construction Period for Ecology Insight

Keeping Freshwater Fresh

The Case of the Missing Nitrogen

Ground Game

Detecting Chemical Clues

Community lab in Baltimore aims to put science in the people’s hands

IAN's eNews July 2020

Office of the Great Barrier Reef Institutional Assessment

Faculty Profile: Matt Gray on Oyster Aquaculture

AVOIDING POLLUTION SWAPPING WHILE REDUCING AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF OF NITROGEN TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

AR Girls free summer program goes virtual

RESEARCH TEAM RECEIVES $10M TO TRANSFORM SHELLFISH FARMING WITH SMART TECHNOLOGY

Next Generation: Anna Windle on Drones & the Chesapeake Bay

Augmented reality summer program for girls drives interest in STEM careers

Offshore wind farms could become stopover points for migrating fish

UMD Engineers Lead $10 Million Shellfish Aquaculture Project

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over for migrating sturgeon, striped bass

Wilberg, Barnes recognized for contributions to science

Research team receives $10M to transform shellfish farming with smart technology

Research team receives $10M to transform shellfish farming with smart technology

Bay 101: A virtual seminar series, science of the Chesapeake for non-scientists

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over region for migrating striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over region for migrating striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Ming Li (Professor, UMCES-Horn Point Laboratory)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Ting-Yu Yeh (Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Auxergen, Inc)

Innovative research that uses algae to trap greenhouse gas emissions receives $3M

Innovative research that uses algae to sequester greenhouse gas emissions awarded grant from U.S. Department of Energy

Bay’s dead zone expected to be smaller this year

Are there dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay?

Underwater Grasses and Climate Change

Smaller Dead Zone Expected in Chesapeake Bay this Summer

Smaller-than-average dead zone predicted for Chesapeake Bay

Be a Sailor Scientist With DolphinWatch

SLIGHTLY SMALLER-THAN-AVERAGE DEAD ZONE PREDICTED FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

Virtual IMET Seminar: Annie Osborn (University Innovation Specialist, Good Food Institute)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Jocelyne DiRuggiero (Associate Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University)

Graduate Student Council

Slightly smaller-than-average dead zone predicted for the Chesapeake Bay

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Carolyn Friedman (UW) and Dr. Colleen Burge (UMBC-IMET)

Got Chesapeake Bay acid? New study finds seagrasses may bring relief.

Seeding the Nanticoke: Wild celery introduction hopes to improve river's declining health

Maryland’s wild oyster harvest doubles from last year

Underwater Grasses May Fight Acid in Bay

Protecting bays from ocean acidification

Virtual IMET Seminar: Collin Closek (Early Career Science Fellow at the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University)

Underwater grasses help to offset acidification in the Chesapeake Bay

Deepwater Horizon: What we learned from worst oil spill ever

Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneurs Fellowship sets up students for success in business

Underwater grasses help to offset acidification in the Chesapeake Bay

Underwater grasses help to offset acidification in the Chesapeake Bay

2020 Summer Interns at IMET

Summer Internship 2020 Blog

Coronavirus victims include restoration, monitoring of Bay

NEXT GENERATION: HUNTER HUGHES ON RECONSTRUCTING PAST CLIMATE WITH CORAL SKELETONS

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to science

In the Chesapeake Bay, saving seagrasses can fight ocean acidification

IAN's eNews June 2020

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION COLLABORATIVE

Next Generation: Hunter Hughes on reconstructing past climate with coral skeletons

UMCES recognizes outstanding faculty and research support staff at Commencement

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Constantinos (Dinos) C Mylonas (Director, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR))

UMCES celebrates first virtual commencement ceremony May 29

MATT FITZPATRICK HONORED WITH OUTSTANDING FACULTY MENTORSHIP AWARD BY GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Janet Barnes receives inaugural President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

Mike Wilberg earns award for science and communication on oyster management

The Future of the Striper Fishery: Demand Action on Striper Science NOW

Mike Wilberg earns award for science and communication on oyster management

Mike Wilberg earns award for science and communication on oyster management

Janet Barnes receives inaugural President’s Award for Outstanding Research Support

A statement from President Goodwin on UMCES’ commitment to diversity

Professor Matt Gray on the filtration capabilities of oysters

UMCES celebrates first virtual commencement ceremony May 29

Matt Fitzpatrick Honored with Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award by Graduate Students

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Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Stephen Richards (Project Scientist for the Earth BioGenome Project at University of California Davis)

Loss of Louisiana marshes that protect New Orleans is ‘probably inevitable,’ study finds

Report card: Chesapeake Bay health grade drops to C-minus

Oysters Filtration Ability Overstated

Pumped-up performance: Oysters’ filtering feat overstated

Chesapeake Bay receives C- health score in new report, long-term trends still show bay is improving

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Steve Techtmann (Assistant Professor, Michigan Tech)

Study: Bay Rockfish Die at Twice the Rate of Those in Atlantic

Chesapeake Bay Health score decreased in 2019

Chesapeake Bay Health score decreased in 2019

2019 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card

Two UMCES students awarded Margaret A. Davidson Fellowship

Zhang presents virtual seminar for FAO

Resident Chesapeake Stripers Die at 2X Rate of Migrating Fish

Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators

Mortality rate of Bay’s striped bass twice that of those in the Atlantic

LARGE ROCKFISH LEAVE CHESAPEAKE BAY TO BECOME OCEAN MIGRATORS; SMALLER FISH REMAIN

Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators

Study: Bay Rockfish Die at Twice the Rate of Those in Atlantic

Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators; smaller fish remain

Building an online presence in a day

Chesapeake Bay Report Card Expansion

Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators; smaller fish remain

IAN's eNews May 2020

Coral reef condition: A status report for Florida's coral reef

Reporte: Estado de los arrecifes de coral en Puerto Rico

Coral reef condition: A status report for Puerto Rico

Coral reef condition: A status report for the Flower Garden Banks

Coral reef condition: A status report for the U.S. Virgin Islands

Large rockfish leave Chesapeake Bay to become ocean migrators; smaller fish remain

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Xavier Lauth (Director of Innovation, The Center for Aquaculture Technologies)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Sandra Loesgen (Associate Professor, University of Florida)

Climate Changes Impacts on Chesapeake Bay: A World Water Day presentation by UMCES President Peter Goodwin

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Coral Reef Ecosystem Status and Trends Reports

Study Probes Menhaden Fishery

Oyster hatchery deploys automated feeding system

Fishing Pressure Results in Faster Atlantic Menhaden Growth

Inspiring women tackle challenges of feeding the future

Translating USGS Science into Management Products

Cooks River virtual workshop

Virtual IMET Seminar: Dr. Yoav Gothilf (Professor, Tel-Aviv University)

How to build a website that looks better than your Myspace when you were younger

Commencement 2020

Virtual IMET Seminar: Tacy Lambiase (Sustainability Manager, American University)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Lynn Cazabon (Professor, UMBC and CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence)

Virtual IMET Seminar: Michael Gonsior, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, UMCES-CBL)

UMCES RESEARCHERS EXAMINE HEALTHY URBAN WATERFRONTS AROUND THE WORLD

Insititute of Marine and Environmental Technology's Virtual Open House

UMCES researchers examine healthy urban waterfronts around the world

ShoreRivers announces "Teacher Training" academy

Environmental Impacts on the Bay

Student Profiles

Putting it all together

Faculty Spotlight: An Interview with Jamie Pierson

IAN's eNews January 2019

See how your climate could be transformed if carbon emissions continue to rise.

On Earth Day's 50th anniversary, Chesapeake Bay's health is improving

Ecologist joins lab to research red spruce population

Disappearing Alaskan Sea Ice Is Significant for Arctic Marine Ecosystem

Fishing pressure results in faster Atlantic menhaden growth

Disappearing Alaskan sea ice is significant for Arctic marine ecosystem

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Celebrate Earth Day with citizen science!

Get Your Science Out There!

Disappearing Alaskan sea ice is significant for Arctic marine ecosystem

Disappearing Alaskan sea ice is significant for Arctic marine ecosystem

Horn Point Laboratory Earth Day Memories

Learn how to storyboard your next visualization publication

Wave of Plastic

Dr. Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen successfully defends her dissertation

Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon, U.S. Is Still Vulnerable to Catastrophic Spills

10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed

Coronavirus stalls some Chesapeake oyster restoration projects

'Of course it could happen again': experts say little has changed since Deepwater Horizon

'We are much less safe.' 4 lessons from Deepwater Horizon

Stakeholder workshop for Darwin Harbour report card

Developing a Focus - A Guide to Practical Photography/Videography

IMPACTS OF OCEAN WARMING, SEA-LEVEL RISE, AND COASTLINE MANAGEMENT FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY

Smooth sailing – Getting proactive on the big biofouling problem

After Deepwater Horizon: Why Offshore Drilling Is Still Completely Unsafe

Appalachian Lab scientist studies migratory species

A decade after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, offshore drilling is still unsafe

Strongest predictors of menhaden growth in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic

Engaging with the Belyuen people and Larrakia people, Traditional Owners of Darwin Harbour, Australia

Fishing pressure results in faster Atlantic menhaden growth

Fishing pressure results in faster Atlantic menhaden growth

Impacts of Ocean Warming, Sea-Level Rise, and Coastline Management for Chesapeake Bay

Impacts of Ocean Warming, Sea Level Rise, and Coastline Management for Chesapeake Bay

IAN's eNews April 2020

Horn Point Laboratory student Morgan Ross recognized by Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneurs Fellowship (REEF) Program

The Integration and Application Network facilitates virtual workshops

A "flash" course in photography

Co-migration

Andrea Pain

Lachmuth joins red spruce team at Appalachian Laboratory

Paper proposes framework for future study of "co-migration"

Tarjeta de Reporte Arrecifes Coralinos del Golfo de México 2019 (Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico Report Card 2019)

UMCES researchers lend a glove to COVID-19 response

A letter from Horn Point Laboratory Director Mike Roman

Rising to the Challenge: UMCES COVID-19 Response

The life of an oyster: Spawning

Map It Out: from Babylonian Clay to GIS

Could US see improvements in air quality like China, Italy due to the coronavirus? An expert thinks so

2019 Gulf of Mexico Coral Reef Preliminary Report Card

Davos, Switzerland, Broke This Coastal Hydrologist’s Heart

An environmental warning from the Patuxent Riverkeeper

St. Mary's College's Gurbisz awarded sea grant

The Sweet Stink of Success

CBL interns expand career horizons

Verde River flow shows consistent decline since 1990

Tony Larkum's 80th Birthday Party

IAN's eNews March 2020

Man tubing

Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron) 2

Summer internship program aims to deepen diversity in marine science

Interstate 17 sign

Sedona red rocks

American cowboy

Antilocapra americana (Pronghorn deer)

The message behind scientific figures

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Projects

Shellfish Aquaculture Innovation Laboratory

Bridging the Gap: Women grad students talk rise of STEM, power of diversity in science

Hadley McIntosh Receives Anchor QEA, LLC Scholarship

Next Generation Feature

Native plants featured in annual festival

Verde River watershed gets a grade of C+, but that ‘actually is very good’

Daily Supervisor Reporting for Monitoring of Absenteeism

Past Watershed Moments March 2020

Maryland Scientists Examine Effect of Plastics on Chesapeake Bay, Marine Life

Alumnae Spotlight: Christine Knauss ‘09

Oysters and Plastic Waste: A Chat with Horn Point Lab’s Christine Knauss

COVID-19 Resources

Claudia Cochrane

Faculty Seminar Series: Liliana Velásquez Montoya (Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy)

Let your data speak! Less is more…

Ocean Acidification in the Pacific Arctic

Empidonax traillii extimus (Southwestern willow flycatcher)

Bridging the Gap: Women grad students talk rise of STEM, power of diversity in science

Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network Highlight 2016

Distributed Biological Observatory NOAA Highlight 2018

Next Generation Feature

Chesapeake Champion 2020

A tale of two cities

College students expand horizons as CBL interns

New Report Gives Arizona’s Verde River Watershed a C+

Broodstock: The Unsung Heroes of an Oyster Hatchery

Environmental intelligence for a changing world

Conceptual diagrams: Tips and Tricks for Thought

Environmental intelligence for a changing world

Broodstock: The Unsung Heroes of an Oyster Hatchery

Faculty Seminar Series: Amy Jacobs (Agricultural Program Director, The Nature Conservancy)

Scientists Explore Life in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Faculty Seminar Series: Matt Whitbeck (Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge)

Faculty Seminar Series: Sarah Preheim (Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University)

Faculty Seminar Series: Suzanne Sullivan (Director of Education & Outreach, ShoreRivers)

Faculty Seminar Series: Nicole Millette (Assistant Professor, VIMS)

Science Bytes: The historic role of oysters and new approaches to leverage their benefits to the Bay with Matt Gray

Trump EPA Declares War On Chesapeake Bay

Trump Declares War On The Chesapeake Bay

How is the Verde River doing? Conservation groups give the watershed a C-plus

Facilitating a Great Barrier Reef partnership workshop in Brisbane

Assistant Professor Gurbisz Awarded Maryland Sea Grant

Maryland bill spells out specific measures to fight climate change

Report card gives Verde River a ‘C-plus’ grade

MEES Course Syllabi

The Susan Williams Session at 2019 CERF: I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Next Generation: Chelsea Wegner on Shrinking Sea Ice

Development of the Verde River Watershed Report Card

2020 Verde River Watershed Report Card

Science Bytes: The role of plankton in understanding climate change with Jamie Pierson

Shrinking Sea Ice, with Chelsea Wegner

MD - Studying Climate Impact on Bays, Estuaries

CSM Students Expand Learning Opportunities as Interns at UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Ecologists to discuss wildfires in Appalachia

Global warming is nudging Washington’s climate southward. This winter, it most resembles Atlanta’s.

Next Generation: Dylan Taillie

“Draw me like one of your.. Conceptual diagrams”

Johnson Environmental Education Award

Right to Know

Science for Citizens: Striped Bass are Built for Success

Science for Citizens: Decades of Change in the Patuxent River

Science for Citizens: Oyster Aquaculture

Science for Citizens: Patuxent River Research Cruises

Science for Citizens: Reducing Plastic Waste and Pollution

Kuali Research

CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND IMPLEMENTATION IN COASTAL ADAPTATION

CoPe RCN Workshop Form

IAN's eNews February 2020

2018 Bunting Family Foundation Interns

Where are nutrients hiding in coral reefs? with Lauren Jonas

Brown Bag Seminar: Maddy Lahm

The 7 Best Things to Do on Valentine's Day to Impress Your Southern Maryland Sweetheart

Polluted, damaged streams in Chesapeake region at center of debate over cleanup

UMCES-LED COALITION TO STUDY CLIMATE IMPACT ON BAYS, ESTUARIES

Where are nutrients hiding in coral reefs? with Lauren Jonas

Maryland oyster management: Hogan veto override charts new course

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Heath Kelsey, IAN

Appalachian Laboratory to host event on wildfires

IMET Seminar: Brice Phillips (Director Club Store Sales, Phillips Foods)

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Faculty Seminar Series: Allison Tracy (Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institute)

Faculty Seminar Series: Cindy Palinkas (Associate Professor) & Jiaze Wang (Associate Research Scientist) Horn Point Laboratory

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jian Zhao, UMCES-HPL

Next Generation: Lauren Jonas on where nutrients are hiding in coral reefs

Who Runs the (Hatchery) World? Increasingly, women are behind the microscope and in charge of the tanks

NSF awards Horn Point $500,000 grant

Override of Hogan veto sets new course for MD oyster management

Maryland lawmakers override 5 vetoes by the governor

Brown Bag Seminar: Kohma Arai

Brown Bag Seminar: Katie Lankowicz

Brown Bag Seminar: Nicole Barbour

Brown Bag Seminar: Drew Hobbs

Brown Bag Seminar: Nick Coleman

Brown Bag Seminar: Ben Frey

Brown Bag Seminar: Sarah Brzezinski

Brown Bag Seminar: Katie Martin

Brown Bag Seminar: Chelsea Wagner

Brown Bag Seminar: Dr. Tom Miller

2020 General Assembly Session

Tuul River

January warmer than usual

Coalition to study impact of sea-level rise, climate change on bays and estuaries

GIVING

GIVING

Cool New Featured Work

Cool New Featured Work

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jim Christie, CEC, Inc.

UMCES-led coalition to study climate impact on bays, estuaries

NSF award supports UMCES-led coalition to study climate change strategies for nation’s estuaries and bays

IMET Seminar: Ryan Kmetz (Assistant Director of Sustainability, UMBC)

Maryland researchers say jellyfish could dominate food chain as Chesapeake Bay loses dissolved oxygen

Polluted, damaged streams in Chesapeake region at center of debate over cleanup

What Is Left in the Air After a Wildfire Depends on Exactly What Burned

International Coral Reef Society Reef Encounter- December 2019

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Five principles of holistic science communication

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Denice Wardrop, Penn State

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Timothy Canty, UMCP

MDA issues update on PMT implementation plan

Make it ‘a day on, not a day off’

What causes ice storms like the one that recently wreaked havoc in the Twin Cities? | MinnPost

What Happened to Baltimore’s Harborplace?

Prepare for saltier future: Maryland warns farmers as sea levels rise

Summer Internship 2018 Blog

Summer Internship

2020 Richard A. Johnson Award Ceremony and Reception RSVP

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: John Wenzel, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

CBL Seminar: Ekaterina Smirnova (VCU)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Joseph Smith (U.S. Naval Academy)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Benjamin Colbert (NAVSEA & CBL)

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Rebekah Taylor, Frostburg State University

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Camila Gomez Montes, Cornell University

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Alex Jahn, Indiana University

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Varsha Vijay and Evan Fricke, SESYNC

MD releases plan to fight saltwater amid rising seas

NEXT GENERATION: WENFEI NI

Poplar Island: A story of successful restoration

Unfinished business: Maryland legislature should override governor’s vetoes

AccessDNR January 2020 - Maryland Department of Natural Resources

The Verde River Workshop

Improving our understanding of greenhouse gases consumed and produced in soils

IAN's eNews January 2020

Next Generation: Wenfei Ni

Work With IAN

Watershed Moments: Rebekah Taylor, Frostburg State University

Watershed Moments Community Learning Series: Mark Cochrane, UMCES-AL and Deborah Landau, TNC

Poplar Island: A story of successful restoration

Past Watershed Moments October 2019

Environmental Education Community College Collaboration

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jacqueline Grebmeier, CBL

Atlantic Pigmy Octopus with eggs

Healthy Rivers for All

Ryan Saba Memorial Student Fellowship

Next Generation scholars tour local businesses

Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time

As Maryland pours millions of dollars into ailing streams, research shows some projects don’t help clean the bay

As Maryland pours millions of dollars into ailing streams, research shows some projects don’t help clean the bay

Cities Race to Slow Climate Change—and Improve Life for All

New VR Project Shows Threat Of Sea Level Rise

It's Not Just You—Wild Swings in Extreme Weather Are Rising

Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time

MARINE LIFE, FISHERIES INCREASINGLY THREATENED AS THE OCEAN LOSES OXYGEN

Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen

Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen

Nature Deserves Legal Rights—and the Power to Fight Back

Climate changes menu of tree species Watershed Stewards Academy plans for new tree planting program

Warming climate will impact dead zones in Chesapeake Bay

Oyster farms found to help Chesapeake Bay health, but how much?

Best of Last Year: The top Phys.org articles of 2019

IMET Seminar: Dr. Amy Fowler (Assistant Professor, George Mason University)

Warming climate will impact dead zones in Chesapeake Bay

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology named “Top Workplace” by Baltimore Sun

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology named “Top Workplace” by Baltimore Sun

Warming climate will impact dead zones in Chesapeake Bay

Emergency Updates

Legislation would approve $10M to save oysters

Modeling Predicts Blue Whales' Foraging Behavior, Aiding Population Management Efforts

At #AGU19, they declare – full “climate crisis mode” – but there’s an inconvenient fact

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology Named “Top Workplace” by Baltimore Sun

IAN's eNews December 2019

Oyster farms make slight improvement in water quality

School’s Out

$1.56 million earmarked for Md. Sea Grant program

Reflecting on water monitoring and citizen science at the Maryland Water Monitoring Council conference

Maryland DNR Notes 3rd Largest "Dead Zone" in Chesapeake Bay Since Monitoring Began

Cardin, Van Hollen Announce Award For University Of Maryland Sea Grant Program

E.U. Ambassadors discuss climate crisis at public forum

To save Everglades, guardians fight time - and climate

What Can Be Saved? Efforts to restore Everglades

Next Generation: Ellie Rothermel

E.U. Ambassadors discuss climate crisis at public forum

To save Everglades, guardians fight time — and climate

Politics As Usual…

Morris Fenwick

John Griffin

Jakob Bell

Sunlight Stimulates Brown Algae to Release Organic Carbon

E-ZPass for Fish with Ellie Rothermel

Support Science on #GivingTuesday!

Paris to Pittsburgh: The Climate for Change is Now

Groups Still Working on Farm Conservation Credits

To save Everglades, guardians fight time -- and climate

Kafue River Health Report wins chiefs’ applause

Relevant Legal Issues for Maryland’s Farm Community

The world’s response to the climate crisis: A roadmap for the future

Climate Planners Turn To Virtual Reality And Hope Seeing Is Believing

‘Culture will be eroded’: climate crisis threatens to flood Harriet Tubman park

Isabel Sanchez-Viruet

State of the Verde Watershed Conference

Striper Info Needed from New York Anglers

No Laughing Matter: Nitrous Oxide, an Ozone-Depleting Greenhouse Gas, Is on the Rise

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

IMET Seminar: Dr. Mike Criscitiello (Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M)

Toxic Algae Is Ruining Our Lakes. The Solution: Beer.

[图]报告：人类大大低估了一氧化二氮对全球变暖的杀伤力

Dangerous N2O emissions have been underestimated, says new report

Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, is on the rise

IMET Seminar: Dr. Brice Menard (Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University)

Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, is on the rise

IMET Seminar: Dr. Daniel Nelson (Associate Professor, University of Maryland College Park)

New study: Nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, is on the rise

Study says Chesapeake is resilient to pollutants that pass through Conowingo Dam, but threat to bay is growing

New program encourages girls to create interactive art

Scientists Study Impact of Nutrients and Sediments from Conowingo Dam on Chesapeake Bay

Joel Bostic

Andy Gougherty

Stephanie Siemek

Claire Nemes

Dylan Taillie

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Annual Report Archives

Rising Waters Are Swallowing A Chesapeake Education Center, Forcing It To Close

Margaret Palmer discusses restoration for America's water systems

Scientists study impact of sediments and nutrients from Conowingo Dam on Chesapeake Bay

Low salinity wallops oysters in The Chesapeake Bay

Climate change may make Massachusetts more hospitable to pests

Take off your blindfold. There’s an elephant in front of you.

HPL Seminar: Dong Liang (UMCES/CBL)

HPL Seminar: Eric Sakowski (Johns Hopkins University)

HPL Seminar: Tom Ihde and Scott Knoche (Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory)

HPL Seminar: Jeff Cornwell (Research Professor, UMCES/HPL)

IAN's eNews November 2019

USM Maryland Momentum Fund invests $150,000 in Minnowtech

UMCES scientists complete study on Conowingo Dam and impact on Chesapeake Bay

UMCES scientists complete study on Conowingo Dam and impact on Chesapeake Bay

HPL Seminar: Julie Granger (Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut)

Maryland company to image shrimp, raises $600K in seed round

Student Research Project- Juliet Nagel

IMET Seminar: Dr. Thorsten Prustel (Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIH)

Kids' activities at Waterfowl Festival

Minnowtech Raises $600K Seed Round, Supported by Maryland Investors

Higher Education Calls Withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement A Mistake

Striped bass decline spurs new look at mycobacteria

Chicken Noodle Soup: A Transdisciplinary Recipe for Sustainability Science

Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

Watershed Moments Community Learning Series

Understanding Responses to Global Change

Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Integration and Application Network 2018 Report Card

Shrimp start-up secures $600k seed funding

USM Maryland Momentum Fund invests $150,000 in Minnowtech

Making connections to ensure a clean and healthy Chesapeake Bay

10 Light City art installations that involve tech, science and public participation

UMCES hires Stuart Clarke as new vice president

‘I can’t believe how much of it is gone:’ Chesapeake Bay Foundation says goodbye to Fox Island

State oyster plan offers real solutions for sustainability

IAN Tests Visitors’ Knowledge of The Chesapeake Bay at the 2019 Horn Point Campus Open House

At symposium, Van Hollen stresses support for scientists, seriousness of climate change

UMCES Names Stuart Clarke as VP for Strategic Initiatives

New faculty search open

Horn Point Laboratory welcomes public into world of science at annual Open House event

Look at this stuff, isn’t it neat?

Stuart Clarke named new Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Stuart Clarke named Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Re-envisioning Coastal Sustainability through Future Earth Coasts

IMET Seminar: Dr. Darren Sledjeski (Chief and Program Director, Genetic Mechanisms Branch)

Bob Marshall: There is still time to save Louisiana's coast, but here's why we need to act fast

Climate change is wiping out Harriet Tubman’s homeland, and we’re doing little

150 Top International Scientists Warn of Devastating Impact of Nitrogen Pollution

Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration: Researchers hope bacteria can help

Restoring streams

Hunting for Harmful Algal Blooms (Video)

Sea slugs use algae's bacterial "weapons factory" in three-way symbiotic relationship

We must wake up to devastating impact of nitrogen, say scientists

The Very Hungry Grad Student: Consuming, Digesting, and Applying Knowledge in an Interdisciplinary Field

IMET Seminar: Dr. Ubiratan Assis Silva (Coordenador do Centro de Aquicultura Marinha e Repovoamento, Universidade Federal do Paraná)

IMET Seminar: Ammar Hanif (Graduate Student, UMCES-IMET)

Next Generation: Amanda Lawrence

Jamie's Australian Adventures

Choptank Transport promotes Howard to data scientist

ShoreRivers hosts state lawmakers

Speakers to kick off international Bat Week

New opportunities for farm income (Choice Voice)

Dolphin Population Growing In Potomac River

5 ways to enjoy your week in Baltimore

Can bacteria help restore the Chesapeake Bay’s oysters?

Meet Lisa Guy, Algal Culture Curator

Cancer gala aims to help the next one it affects

New East Coast project to boost oyster breeding

Undergrad student completes internship at Appalachian Lab

Eating more oysters could reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A Differential Quilt Analysis: How can everyone stay warm this winter?

Reel Report: Difficult choice to make this weekend

NSF award supports effort to engage underrepresented island students in marine science

UN reports reality of coastal climate change

Way Downstream … (Oct. 10-16, 2019)

Science for Citizens

Seeking a PhD Student in Animal Ecology

Appalachian Laboratory to host bat event as part of Watershed Moments series

Appalachian Laboratory seeks nominations for the 2020 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

IMET Seminar: Dr. Andrea Bodnar (Science Director, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute)

NSF award supports island students in marine science careers

NSF award supports island students in marine science careers

IMET Fall into Science lecture series

IMET Fall into Science lecture series

Eyes on the prize: Looking beyond graduate school during the 2019 MEES Colloquium

Can Chemical Nuances Improve Climate Predictions?

Olivia Pares

Kiss me, I'm a scientist

Brown Bag Seminar: Dani Quil

IAN's eNews October 2019

Horn Point Open House

Researchers find sunscreen chemicals in Bay oysters

September Hypoxia Report

Ag, environmental law conference set for Nov. 14

Consortium Earns 5-year $4.4 million to Enhance Oyster Breeding

Horn Point Seminar: Emily Cohen, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory

Horn Point Seminar: Paul Rawson, University of Maine

Low salinity wallops oysters in Chesapeake

Chesapeake Film Festival open Oct. 3

Pittsburgh Restaurants Are Helping Restore The Chesapeake Bay One Oyster Shell At A Time

Next Generation: Hannah Morrissette

Earth’s Value

Women in marine science gather at Horn Point symposium

In Pittsburgh, some restaurants are helping restore the Chesapeake Bay one oyster shell at a time

Bold, sensible actions needed to push Md. to net zero emissions

Repairing dead zones in the bay

Consortium earns funding to enhance oyster breeding

We all have a stake in Chesapeake oyster recovery

IMET Dissertation Defense: Ryan McDonald (Graduate Student, UMBC-IMET)

Watershed Moments: Lab after hours guided tour- Cancelled

Watershed Moments: Bats the myth-understood mammal

“Are you watching closely?”

Venable: Will K-town’s road signs say, ‘Welcome to Mississippi’?

Obama-era water protections rolled back

Coastal scientists: In spite of climate change, reasons for hope on Louisiana's coast

Unique Factors In 2018 Result In ‘Incomplete’ Coastal Bays Evaluation

Forman consorcio para reemplazar importaciones de salmón en EE.UU.

Estudio analiza impacto del comercio de cultivos en China

UMBC and Maryland Sea Grant receive $1.2M to grow US land-based aquaculture industry

$5 Million Investigation into Harmful Algal Blooms

Scientists witness dolphin give birth in the Potomac River

Consortium earns funding to enhance oyster breeding

Federal Funds Aimed at Boosting Chesapeake Bay Oyster Population

Leading US land-based salmon farmers join forces to spur industry's growth

2018 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

$5 million awarded to multi-institution team to understand red tide in Florida

RAS farmers join effort to replace US salmon imports

Million dollar study on US land-based salmon farms will look to “reduce trade deficit associated with imports”

As Canadian company defies fish harvest cap, Maryland advocates worry of impact on striped bass, other species

New US salmon RAS network gets $1.2m headstart from NOAA Sea Grant

$5 million awarded to multi-institution team to understand red tide in Florida

Federal funds aimed at boosting Chesapeake Bay oyster population

The Amazon rainforest fires continues to burn and there are fears the worst is yet to come

Brown Bag Seminar: Christina Goethel

Brown Bag Seminar: Isabel Sanchez

Brown Bag Seminar: Hadley McIntosh

Brown Bag Seminar: Annaleise Conway

Brown Bag Seminar: Dave Secor

Brown Bag Seminar: Caroline Wiernicki

Brown Bag Seminar: Jerelle Jesse

Brown Bag Seminar - Dr. Tom Miller

These Are the U.S. States That Will Be Most Affected by Climate Change

Nature and Culture as Star-Crossed Lovers: Can we have one without the other?

Fall Into Science: “Paris to Pittsburgh: the Climate for Change is Now"

Fall Into Science: The Ecology of Baltimore Harbor

Avoiding Empty Oceans: Sustainable Aquaculture and the Future of Feeding the World

Consortium Earns 5-year $4.4 million to Enhance Oyster Breeding

These Are the U.S. States That Will Be Most Affected by Climate Change

Sunscreen Chemicals Found in Bay Oysters

Meet the Aerium: An Algae Air Purifier Created by IMET PhD Candidates

Tracking turtles with telemetry electricity song 2015

Arctic sea ice is at a near-record low — but that’s just one of the north’s problems

By 2080, global warming will make New York City feel like Arkansas

East Coast Cities: Here's Your Miserable Future Climate

The Time Has Come to Talk About Oysters

Oyster restoration: Maryland efforts get $800,000 federal boost

Study Offers New Insights on Impacts of Crop Trading in China

CFDA Overview

Ecosystem Based Management: An Analysis of National Needs and Opportunities by the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR)

International Seagrass Biology Workshop and World Seagrass Conference Planning

NPS Resource Assessment Interface for Management Strategies

Florida DEP: Statewide Ecosystem Assessment of Coastal and Aquatic Resources (SEACAR)

Belmont Forum workshop facilitation, support, and communication

IAN: Environmental Science Films on YouTube.com

IAN Symbol Libraries

IAN Science Communication Courses

NPS: HATU Natural Resource Condition Assessment

The complementary colors of environment and society

McKinstry Completes Internship at Appalachian Laboratory

HPL Special Seminar, Joe Tamborski

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Dong Liang, UMCES-CBL

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Peggy Derrick, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Lee Cooper, UMCES-CBL

Shoge outlines business expansions and closures

As Amazon leaders meet, scientists warn of fiery future for fragile forest

Volunteers Needed in Chesapeake Bay SAV Watcher Program

Record rain + heat = a Chesapeake dead zone among the biggest in decades

New insights on impacts of crop trading in China

Role of Migration in Bird Populations

Quantifying the strength of migratory connectivity

Science After Hours: The historic and future role of oysters with Matthew Gray

Science After Hours with HPL: Building consensus with oysters

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Luke DeGroote, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

IAN's eNews September 2019

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Andrew Royle, USGS

The future of Blue Carbon science

Hogan backs bridge at existing spans

Minnowtech Selected to Pitch at Fish 2.0’s Final Venture Competition in November 2019

The influence of hydrodynamics and ecosystem engineers on eelgrass seed trapping

CBL Seminar: Dr. Sarah Latchney (St. Mary's College)

Study tackles new angle on crop trading in China

Study tackles new angle on crop trading in China

Science at Sea

SWMS Outreach Event for Young Women at Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory offers STEM event for girls

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Claire Jantz, Shippensburg University

Kicking off another semester of Environment and Society

IMET Seminar: Leslie I.D. Prewitt (Executive Director, BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.)

How The Amazon's Deforestation Compares To Other Tropical Forests Across The Globe

Bird migration scientist joins Appalachian Lab

Louisiana: The Water Institute of the Gulf has an identity crisis

Cardin, Van Hollen, Hoyer announce $800K for oyster habitat restoration

VERIFY: Are live crabs really being dumped at Maryland landfills to keep prices higher?

A Symposium on Coastal Resilience Highlights the Need for Transdisciplinary Science

Next Generation: Dylan Taillie

Summer internship program aims to deepen diversity in marine science

Summer internship program aims to deepen diversity in marine science

Ongoing Indonesian Research by Dr. Mark Cochrane

Appalachian Laboratory Internship Presentation: Scott McKinstry

Animal Ecologist Emily Cohen joins Appalachian Laboratory faculty

What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires

What N.L. could learn from the worst offshore oil disaster in U.S. history

Congressman Trone visits, hears presentations at Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Qian Zhang, UMCES

CBL Seminar: Guangbin Li (UMCP Dept. of Engineering)

No, You Don’t Have to Cancel Your Trip to Colorado Because of the Plague

How City Planners Are Battling Rising Temps Across Nation

Scientists fear steep loss of Bay grasses lies ahead

Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Grows to Largest in Decades for July

Ousted Head of Science Agency Criticizes Brazil’s Denial of Deforestation Data

Science for Citizens - Flame Retardants: Friend or Foe?

Science for Citizens: Protecting sea turtles and their habitat with Veronica Caceres Chammorro

Science for Citizens: Seafood Swapping: What is it and what can we do about it?

Science for Citizens - Are PFAS the Environmental Contaminant issue of Our Times?

Science for Citizens - Integration of Habitat Mapping & Acoustic Technologies to Advance Ecosystem Based Management

CBL Brown Bag Seminar Organizational Meeting

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: David Smith, USGS

CBL Seminar: Dr. Kevin C. Weng (VIMS)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Emily Cohen (UMCES Appalachian Laboratory)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Martha Buckley (George Mason University)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Asim Dey (Princeton University)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Heather Stapleton (Duke University)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Rene Boiteau (Oregon State University)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Jay Peterson (NOAA Fisheries - Climate)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Mary Beth Decker (Yale University)

CBL Seminar: TBD

CBL Seminar: Dr. Jon Cohen (University of Delaware)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Jian Zhao (HPL)

CBL Seminar: Dr. Shanen Sherrer (St. Mary's College, Maryland )

Paulina Huanca

Yufeng Jia

IMET Seminar: Kia Ramarui (Graduate Student, UMBC-IMET)

SWMS Saturday: Outreach event for young girls

Hoopers Island Oysters creates aquaculture exhibit at Hyatt

Maryland oysters are having a bad year, and here's why

A dead zone is growing in the Chesapeake Bay, data confirms

Eric Davidson | UMCES

'Dead zone': Data confirms dire warnings about algae growing in Chesapeake Bay

Scientists test beer by-product from Diamondback Brewing Co. to prevent algae blooms like one in Pasadena lake

Global Summit XI lineup announced

Maryland's First Ever Man-made Shoreline Reef

Eric Davidson named American Geophysical Union Fellow

Eric Davidson named American Geophysical Union Fellow

Emily B. Cohen

Two-Mile Dead Zone Confirmed in Cheaspeake Bay Due to Warm, Wet Weather

2019 Class of AGU Fellows Announced

Changing Climate

Our best scientists are still working on it

IMET Seminar: Ashley Van Stone (Executive Director, Trash Free Maryland)

Wegner receives prestigious graduate award for Arctic research

Hyatt unveils new educational oyster farming exhibit

Maryland oysters are having a bad year, and here's why

Unprecedented oyster larvae shortage stunts plantings in Chesapeake Bay restoration sites

T-shirt design for the Horn Point Laboratory

Renee Arnold

Appalachian Lab leads sustainable agriculture project

Italy holiday warning as beaches invaded by dangerous crabs ‘keep children away’

IAN's eNews August 2019

Horn Point Laboratory to host meeting to discuss 6 years of data

Climate change will spark a blue crab baby boom

Modeling predicts blue whales’ coastal foraging behavior, aiding population management efforts

Jason Holliday receives $2.5 million NSF grant to research poplar genome

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Maryland waterfowl hunt season is coming. Are you ready?

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands

Memo to Al Gore: Blue crabs are a 'climate change winner' say scientists

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands - news - WOW!

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Maryland waterfowl hunt season is coming. Are you ready?

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands

Memo to Al Gore: Blue crabs are a 'climate change winner' say scientists

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands - news - WOW!

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Maryland waterfowl hunt season is coming. Are you ready?

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands

Memo to Al Gore: Blue crabs are a 'climate change winner' say scientists

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands - news - WOW!

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Maryland waterfowl hunt season is coming. Are you ready?

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands

Memo to Al Gore: Blue crabs are a 'climate change winner' say scientists

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands - news - WOW!

Years of data suggest ecosystem shifts in the Northern Bering Sea

Maryland waterfowl hunt season is coming. Are you ready?

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands

Memo to Al Gore: Blue crabs are a 'climate change winner' say scientists

By 2080, These US Cities Will Be Arid Wastelands - news - WOW!

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Longer crab season a mixed blessing, scientist warn

Study: Blue crab a 'climate change winner'

Warmer Water Temperatures Could Lead To More Productive Blue Crab Season, Study Finds

Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls

Restoring streams

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Restoring streams

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Research Cruise Explores Deep Atlantic Ocean and Marine Carbon Cycle

Blues in the Bay

Research cruise explores deep Atlantic Ocean and marine carbon cycle

Donors, Citizen Scientists Support Chesapeake DolphinWatch

Maryland blue crabs are ‘climate change winner’; other species not so much

Warmer winters could lead to longer blue crab season in Chesapeake Bay

Maryland blue crab could benefit from climate change

Climate Change Will Give Blue Crabs A Boost. But There Are Some Serious Drawbacks

Longer Blue Crab Season Expected in Chesapeake Bay Thanks to Warmer Winters

Ecological Drought Across the United States

Drought in the U.S. Caribbean: Fact Sheets

Drought in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands: Fact Sheets

IMET Seminar: Dr. Juan A. Morales-Ramos (USDA-ARS National Biological Control Laboratory)

UMCES scientists lead sustainable agriculture project

IMET Seminar: Dr. Matthew Nicotra (Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh)

Shorter, Warmer Winters Could Lead to Longer, more Productive Blue Crab Season

Study: Warmer winters will mean more Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, but that could have unpredictable domino effects

HPL- Employee Access Form

Warmer winters could lead to longer blue crab season in Chesapeake Bay

UMCES-led research cruise explores deep ocean in Atlantic

Horn Point students win scholarships from Izaak Walton League

Research cruise explores deep ocean in Atlantic

Research cruise explores deep Atlantic Ocean and marine carbon cycle

Shorter, warmer winters could lead to longer, more productive blue crab season

Izaak Walton League awards scholarships

These Cities Will Be Deserts by the End of the Century

Guest column: Beyond ruckus over dropped indictments, Water Institute has other challenges

Research Administration Forms

Four UMCES graduate students selected as Knauss Fellows

Four UMCES graduate students selected as Knauss Fellows

USGS Climate Change Research Activities Synthesis

USFWS Synthesis of South Atlantic Ecosystem Health Indicators

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Evaluation of Multi-Year Data Sets to Establish Status and Trends of Environmental Restoration Success in the Everglades

NOAA Beach Water Quality Prediction Mobile App Development

Chesapeake Bay Program-UMCES partnership

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Integrating Citizen-based and Other Nontraditional Monitoring into the Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Framework

Do best management practices impact water quality?

Restoring streams

The Mysterious Love Lives of Oysters

Undergraduate Internship Program

Chesapeake DolphinWatch app back for summer season

Defending the Shoreline

JES Avanti makes donation to CBL

Horn Point Seminars ~ Emily Brownlee, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Dùng cá, tôm làm gián điệp

Kids learn to fish at Greenwell camp

Modeling predicts blue whales' foraging behavior, aiding population management efforts

Horn Point Lab Tour

Coles to discuss weather and the Bay

IMET Seminar: Dr. Jim Du (Associate Professor, UMB-IMET)

IMET Seminar: Dr. Stephen Devoto (Professor, Wesleyan University)

UMCES Staff Appreciation Day 2019

UMCES Staff Appreciation Day 2019

Kane Samuel completes undergraduate internship at Appalachian Laboratory

Horn Point Seminars ~ Rebecca Fox, Washington College

Student Thesis Defence ~ Samantha Gleich, Horn Point Laboratory

IMET Seminar: Dr. Daniel Hernandez (Aquatic and Fisheries Scientist, Oceans Initiative - Walton Family Foundation)

Late June 2019 Hypoxia Report

Dolphins spotted in the Chester River (copy)

Measuring Progress towards Sustainable Agriculture

IAN's eNews July 2019

Record Rains Having Mixed Impacts On The Chesapeake

Cracking Down on Plastic Trash

Oyster hatcheries struggling as lower Bay salinity hampers production

Proposal to Aerate Bay: Breath of Fresh Air or Pipe Dream?

Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ has 200 million tons of pollutants

Microplastics are everywhere, but how do they harm the Bay?

Dolphins were spotted near Essex by Baltimore County police

Experts warn of ‘dead zone’ in Chesapeake Bay from pollution (The Associated Press)

Trump's Pending Rules on California Water Marked by Missing Documents and Hurried Reviews, Say Scientists

Continued high river flows having mixed impacts on Bay and its resources

DolphinWatch App Has Recorded More Than 2,000 Fin Sightings In The Chesapeake Bay

Tons of pollutants trapped by dam could mean 'dead zone' in Chesapeake Bay, experts say

Intensifying Downpours Threatening America's Biggest Estuary

Point of View: So what’s up with sunscreens and Flroida's coral reefs?

Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship

Next Generation: Taylor Armstrong on controlling toxic algal blooms in lakes

Early June 2019 Hypoxia Report

Coles to discuss weather and the Bay

Near-record dead zones forecast for Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico

Maryland estimate for seawalls against rising tides: $27 billion

Sea slugs use algae's bacterial 'weapons factory' in three-way symbiotic relationship

Globally eminent, locally relevant

Arctic Science Summit Week 2019 concluded

Rain Dampens Bay Report Card

Matt Fitzpatrick honored with President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Laura Lapham awarded for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship

Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship

Sea slugs use algae’s bacterial ‘weapons factory’ in three-way symbiotic relationship

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory's Open House

University of South Carolina Oceans and Human Health Center: Support of Community Engagement Core

Next Generation: Taylor Armstrong on controlling toxic algal blooms in lakes

IMET Seminar: Dr. Som Chatterjee (Assistant Professor, UMB-IMET)

Horn Point Annual Open House

Past Watershed Moments June 2019

Joe Jurisa

Rising seas may swamp Everglades restoration plan

Researchers will help DARPA detect undersea activity by analyzing behaviors of black sea bass

Researchers will help DARPA detect undersea activity by analyzing behaviors of black sea bass

Flesh-Eating Bacteria May Rise on Some East Coast Beaches: New Study

Scientists Predicting Record Dead Zone in Chesapeake Bay

Rising seas may swamp Everglades restoration plan

Proposal to aerate Bay: Breath of fresh air or pipe dream?

Dead Zone in the Bay could be the biggest in two decades

Bay Could See Large Deadzone This Summer

Chesapeake Bay

National Park Service Offshore Assateague Water Quality

Future Earth Coasts Partnership

HPL & NSF Coastal SEES: OysterFutures

2019 Summer Interns at IMET

Summer Internship 2019 Blog

Capturing Nature on the Job

Experts predict large 'dead zone' in the Chesapeake Bay

Climate change alters restoration in Florida’s Everglades

Large dead zone forecast in Chesapeake Bay

Large Summer ‘Dead Zone’ Forecast for 2019 in Chesapeake Bay

Scientists predict large “dead zone” could form in Chesapeake Bay this summer

Large ‘dead zone’ predicted for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter, spring

We SET our sites on collaboration

Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Coordinator

Horn Point Seminars ~ Katie McFarland, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Seminars ~ Danielle Kreeger, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Science Bytes with the Horn Point Lab: Learn, Sip & Taste

Microplastics are everywhere, but how do they harm the Bay?

One of Bay's Biggest "Dead Zones" in History Predicted for Summer

Experts Predict ‘Dead Zone’ Could Impact Chesapeake Bay Marine Life This Summer

Los animales acuáticos que Estados Unidos quiere usar como alarmas marítimas

By Summer, Chesapeake Dead Zone May Be Largest In Decades

IAN's eNews June 2019

Taryn Sudol

Adam Frederick

Kim Cox

Kevin Bruce

Large 'Dead Zone' Forecast for Chesapeake After Wet Winter, Spring

Chesapeake Bay’s ‘dead zone’ expected to get bigger

Chesapeake Bay's 'dead zone' forecast to be among largest in decades during summer 2019

Chelsea Wegner receives prestigious graduate award for Arctic research

Chelsea Wegner receives prestigious graduate award for Arctic research

All about the Bay: Exploring history, heritage, and habitat at the Chesapeake Studies conference

Large ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring

Dead zone warning for Gulf of Mexico

Help scientists track dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Large ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring

White Marsh Elementary unveils Chesapeake Bay mural

Large summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring

Popular dolphin tracker app is back for third year

Comment transformer poissons et crevettes en espion?

Deniz canlıları, su altından gelecek tehditlere karşı 'ajan' olarak kullanılabilecek

Bernie Fowler Can’t Do It Alone

Perdue volunteers, Oyster Recovery Partnership fill shell bags to help restore Bay's oyster population

Climate change alters what’s possible in restoring Florida’s Everglades

Library Resources

Hutchisons honored as Chesapeake Champions

How fish and shrimps could be recruited as underwater spies

Phoenix can see its future in Mexico (it’s not what you think)

Congressman Harris Announces Grant Funding for the Center for Environmental Science

Popular dolphin tracker app is back for third year

Help scientists track dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

UMCES Researchers Win Coveted Cozzarelli Prize for SAV Research in Chesapeake Bay

Congressman Harris Announces Grant Funding for the Center for Environmental Science

Cardin, Van Hollen Announce $1.24 Million for University System of Maryland Sea Grant Program

IMET Seminar: Miranda Marvel (Ph.D. Candidate, MEES Program)

HPL Science Bytes - Changing Weather in Chesapeake Bay: Predicting the future using a century of data

Next Generation: Zach Gotthardt

Md. Scientists Joining Regional Research Consortium on Continental Shelf Ecosystem

The Pentagon is investigating how it can use FISH as spies to detect underwater drones

Report: Pennsylvania Must Do More to Help Chesapeake Bay

UMCES named part of new NOAA Cooperative Institute

These popular destinations will look a lot different in a decade

UMCES named part of new NOAA Cooperative Institute

NOAA names University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science part of Cooperative Institute

Arctic Science Summit Week 2019 concluded

Razor Clams Die in Upper Chesapeake Bay, Worrying Watermen

Climate change real, can be proved

Texas’ Top Marine Scientists Rate the Coast a B-minus for Environmental Health

Laura Lapham awarded for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship

Laura Lapham awarded for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship

Matt Fitzpatrick honored with President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Matt Fitzpatrick honored with President’s Award for Excellence in Application of Science

Much of Baltimore harbor met 'swimmable' goal in 2018, despite 260 million gallons of sewage contamination

Record rain reduces Chesapeake Bay health score

Report: Pennsylvania Must do More to Help Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake DolphinWatch Back with New Features

Chesapeake Bay group rips Pennsylvania's 'woefully inadequate' plan to reduce pollution

Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card 2019

Drought in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands

Appalachian Lab learning series features climate change

Identifying the Unknown in Drinking Water

Arctic Science Summit Week: Day Two

Report: Low Health Score Rains on Chesapeake Bay Recovery

Progress in hunt for unknown compounds in drinking water

Scientists from 29 countries discuss climate change and development of the Arctic population

Sea dragons, human compost, Lego dinosaurs: News from around our 50 states

Downpours, runoff lead to decline in Chesapeake Bay's health

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental science leaders

UMCES graduates next generation of environmental science leaders

Appalachian Laboratory announces May 2019 graduates

Developing the Western Lake Erie report card in Toledo, Ohio

Horn Point e-Newsletter

Dorchester students lift off with drone technology

Annual Open House

2018 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card

Chesapeake Bay health score decreased last year due to extreme rainfall

Chesapeake Bay health score decreased last year due to extreme rainfall

Appalachian Laboratory awards 2019 Richard A. Johnson Award to Craig Hartsock

Developing a Report Card for the Verde River Watershed

Teaching and Learning with Technology

Nina Lamba

IMET Seminar: Dr. Bernie Degnan (University of Queensland)

Re-creation of historic research cruise will aid understanding of Indian Ocean and changing climate

32 days on the Indian Ocean exploring climate change

Skinny gators: Are pythons eating all the food in the Everglades?

Dolphin that may be in distress spotted in Baltimore harbor, National Aquarium says

Blue Crabs Aplenty

Leatherback turtles in the Andamans: Highest number of turtle nests in a decade found this year

Dolphin spotted in Baltimore harbor; National Aquarium says rescue effort would be too risky

Dolphin spotted in Baltimore harbor; National Aquarium says it may be in distress

The Second Verde River Report Card Workshop

Cozzarelli Prize awarded to stand-out research on the comeback of underwater grasses

IAN's eNews May 2019

Hutchison Brothers named 2019 Chesapeake Champions

Hartsock environmental education award recipient

Investigating Underwater Life at IMET

Here’s a chance to see the marine science research happening inside Inner Harbor’s IMET

Past Watershed Moments: May 2019

Hutchison Brothers named 2019 Chesapeake Champions

Skinny gators: Are pythons eating all the food?

Watershed Moments: Matt Fitzpatrick, UMCES-AL

IMET 2018 Annual Report

Discussing Discussions: How to facilitate engaging and inclusive group discussions

Tour Marine Research Vessel, Meet Scientists at Inner Harbor

As festival season ramps up, climate change seen as threat

Thanks to Irma, coastal ecosystem improves its grade

Alaskan seashells reveal a changing Arctic

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Kane Samuel, UMCES-AL

Supporting collaborative learning: Teaching tips for facilitating group work

Claire Nemes on Free-Roaming Cats and Migratory Songbirds

Tom Miller appointed to National Academies board to help guide coastal science

Cozzarelli Prize awarded to stand-out research on the comeback of underwater grasses

Alaskan seashells reveal a changing Arctic

'Wetter and Wilder': How Climate Change Could Muck Up the Chesapeake's Recovery, and What's Being Done About it

Next Generation: Claire Nemes on free-roaming cats and migratory songbirds

IMET Seminar: Lisa Moren (Professor and Graduate Program Director, UMBC and Artist in Residence, IMET)

Monitoring conferences in 2019

IMET Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Reece (Chair and Professor, Aquatic Health Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Horn Point Seminars ~ Dave Curson, Audubon Maryland-DC

Horn Point Seminars ~ Veronica M. Berounsky, University of Rhode Island

Western Lake Erie environmental literacy

‘Wave of Plastic’ Partnership Brings Watershed Education

DC’s Future Climate: What to Expect in the District as the Earth Gets Warmer

2012-2017 Everglades Report Card

The Development Process and Methods for the Everglades Report Card

2019 Everglades System Status Report

Map shows your city's hotter future

Earth Day 2019: High temperatures, rising waters, wild weather – who is to blame? We are.

Earth Day 2019: High temperatures, rising waters, wild weather — who is to blame? We are.

Scientific consensus mounts in favor of sunscreen

Nine Years Later, the BP Oil Spill’s Environmental Mess Isn’t Gone

Future Earth Coasts Goes to Bremen!

IMET Seminar: Dr. Aniket Gore (Staff Scientist, NIH)

Uncovering five values of citizen science at CitSci2019

Professor Pat Glibert shares science with kids in 'Young Mind's journal

IMET Seminar: Dr. Roni Neff (Program Director, Food System Sustainability and Public Health)

Blinding Nemo: monitoring the effect of UV filters on coral reefs

Town Hall with Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) Presidential Candidate. Aired 10-11p ET

Chesapeake Bay Barometer shows it's bouncing back

Farming Family named Horn Point Lab's 2019 Chesapeake Champion

The Climate Channel Flooded Charleston to Make You Care About Local weather Change – NEWPAPER24

UMCES Institutional Assessment

Development of SAV Monitoring Methods, Manuals, and Certification for Citizen Science in Chesapeake Bay

The Art and Science of Climate Change on the Coasts

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers: A new citizen science program for monitoring Bay grasses

Bhitarkanika Conservation Area Report Card Workshop Newsletter

PlasticWatch: Reducing plastic waste on Solomons Island

How to Respond to Changing Ecosystems: Resist, Accept, or Direct?

The Weather Channel Flooded Charleston to Make You Give a Damn

Chestnut orchard to be planted on state forest land

Study Of Arctic Algae ‘Puts A Microscope Up To Climate Change’

MD lawmakers override Hogan’s veto, protect oyster sanctuaries undergoing restoration

IAN as a Boundary Organization

Hogan vetoes oyster sanctuary bill

Hutchison Brothers are this year’s Chesapeake Champions

House of Delegates votes to override Gov. Hogan's veto of bill that would bar oyster harvesting in 5 sanctuaries

Chesapeake Bay: New report shows progress, tracks regional climate change

Maryland Blue Crab Invades Spanish Waters

Horn Point Seminars ~ James Morris, University of South Carolina

IAN's eNews April 2019

We are Trailblazers: The Chesapeake Bay Program in 2019

Watershed Moments: Peter Marra

UMCES Annual Report 2018

Avoiding Pollution Swapping while Reducing Agricultural Runoff of Nitrogen to the Chesapeake Bay

Next Generation: Katie Hornick

Science happens here! IMET Open House, May 4

Spanning boundaries at the Society for Applied Anthropology conference

MD legislators increase protection for oyster sanctuaries in 5 Bay tributaries

Sea level rise: Saltwater intrusion laying waste to Delmarva farms

Science: Monitoring turtles with telemetry [Report]

Chesapeake Bay water quality reaches all-time high since 1985

Further into the future

Chesapeake Bay water quality reaches all-time high since 1985

Chesapeake Bay water quality reaches all-time high since 1985

Chesapeake Bay: New report shows progress, tracks regional climate change (Delmarva Now)

Chesapeake Bay water quality highest since testing began

Chesapeake Bay water quality highest since testing began

Chesapeake Bay water quality highest since testing began (NBC12)

Experts say Chesapeake Bay water quality is the best since monitoring began

Experts say Chesapeake Bay water quality is the best since monitoring began

Experts say Chesapeake Bay water quality is the best since monitoring began (Daily Press)

Chesapeake Bay water quality inches toward a new record

Chesapeake Bay water quality inches toward a new record

Chesapeake Bay water quality inches toward a new record (Chesapeake Bay Program)

Frustration builds against Conowingo Dam after season of releases, progress in 2019?

Frustration builds against Conowingo Dam after season of releases, progress in 2019?

Frustration builds against Conowingo Dam after season of releases, progress in 2019? (Delmarva Now)

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jen Shaffer, UMD

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Guide to the Introductory Monitoring Program (Tier 1)

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Pocket Field Guide (Online viewing version)

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Pocket Field Guide (Printing version)

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Methods Manual

New study assesses UV-filter contaminants in waters off Hawaii

New study measures UV-filters in seawater and corals from Hawaii

A future for global biological ocean monitoring networks

What you can do to help - exploring tools for Raising the Grade!

IMET Seminar: Maggie Ostdahl (Conservation Operations Manager, National Aquarium)

Chesapeake Champion 2019

DC's Weather Will One Day Resemble Greenwood, Mississippi's. We Called Them Up For a Preview | Washingtonian (DC)

Map shows how climate change will affect Houston 60 years from now

Seismic surveying proposal in Atlantic raises Bay concerns

Harry Hughes remembered as humble and honest, 'exactly the governor Maryland needed'

Lawmakers hear updates from Eastern Shore colleges

The Bonnet Carre Spillway and the Spectacle of Climate Change

Governor Harry Hughes and his sweet dream of the Chesapeake Bay Program

Tuul River Basin Report Card 2019

Tuul River Basin Report Card Mongolian

Tuul River Basin Report Card Methods Document Mongolian

Project and workshops planning - Getting real on every detail

Association for Science of Limnology and Oceanography in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Eleutherodactylus coqui (Coqui Frog)

Communications: satellite dish 2

Hypostomus plecostomus (Armored Catfish)

Coereba flaveola (Bananaquit)

Wilted plant

Sicydium plumieri (Sirajo Goby)

Vine crop

Feral pig 2

Gobiomorus dormitor (Big Mouth Sleeper)

Coffea sp. (Coffee Plant)

Tracking Turtles with Telemetry

Tracking Turtles with Telemetry

Chesapeake Bay funding gutted in Trump budget: Eastern Shore leaders oppose cuts

Ecosystem health report card - how should we tell the story?

More Conversations with Randy Olson about the use of narratives in science

Property values endangered along coast due to sea level rise: Report

Draft Oyster Management Plan published among debate in General Assembly

DARPA Chooses 5 Teams to Develop Sea Life-Based Surveillance Systems

Eastern Shore Native Becomes Head of Maryland DNR

Study: Frederick climate to feel like Mississippi in 2080

Next Generation: Ana Sosa on the microorganisms found on plastics

Notes From the Cockpit: Endless Rain and the Chesapeake Bay

Talbot watermen outline Md. bills

Climate future: New York City could feel something like Arkansas in 2080 - or Maryland

IAN's eNews March 2019

Bill Dennison's 500th Blog

Next Generation: Ana Sosa on the microorganisms found on plastics

Horn Point Seminars ~ John Gardner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The clock is ticking for Maryland to address climate change

Md. climate scientists send urgent plea to Busch on Clean Energy Jobs Act

The art of calculating scores

Horn Point Seminars ~ Valerie Hall, UMD Department of Anthropology

Horn Point Seminars ~ Victoria Volkis, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Horn Point Seminars: Jonathan Kramer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)

Horn Point Seminars ~ James Morris, University of South Carolina

Horn Point Seminars: Morane Clavel-Henry, Institut de Ciències del Mar

Horn Point Seminars: Kate Tully, UMD, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Have Your Say on First Md. Oyster Fishery Update in Nine Years

What will Toronto’s climate be like in the future?

Santa Barbara's Weather Will Resemble Glendale by 2080

Private oyster farming has helped the Chesapeake Bay. Not everyone is happy about the practice.

ShoreRivers Partners with Templeville on pond restoration

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 2018 Annual Report

Creating and Communicating Environmental Intelligence

anole

Toasting Farewell to Mark Belton

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Horn Point sturgeon move to New York Aquarium

Science After Hours: What’s in your water?

Horn Point Seminars: Jillian Bible, Washington College

Septic system frustrations boil, state and local changes proposed

How to Test the Memory of the World’s Largest Animals

How much is too much? Defining thresholds for indicators

CMC Data Interpretation Course in Richmond, VA and Carlisle, PA

Climate change might actually help blue crabs thrive in Chesapeake Bay, scientists say

Blue crabs could be a winner in warmer, more acidic Chesapeake Bay

Disastro climatico: il nuovo allarmante studio

Rural coastal residents overlooked in sea level rise impacts, solutions

Science Bytes slated for March 7

Women coming to the forefront in Science

A global hotspot for crocodiles, turtles, migratory birds, and mangroves – Bhitarkanika Conservation Area, Odisha, India

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

Commencement

Study projects what future climate might look like in Iowa cities

Philly could be as hot as Memphis by 2080 because of climate change, study says

New Climate Change App Predicts Southern Temps in Bay Region

Check This Interactive Map to See How Climate Change Will Affect Your Town

Shocking map shows what happens as climate change “moves cities south”

Finding the right indicators – a collective stakeholder engagement approach

Rupert and I Visit the Anthropocene

Seawater Sr/Ca and δ18O Variability in the Florida Keys and Virgin Islands Demonstrate the Importance of Location in Choosing Sites for Coral Paleoclimate Studies

Tree trauma

Năm 2080, Bắc Cali Sẽ Nóng Y Hệt Nam Cali Bây Giờ

School wants to raze trees to meet green-energy goals, but environmentalists cry foul

Five teams will help DARPA detect undersea activity by analyzing behaviors of marine organisms

Rockville Science Café: Making Environmental Science More Effective

Finding the value of Transdisciplinary Research on Food Security and Land Use Change

Wild Celery (Vallisneria americana)

Study: Boston to Feel Like Baltimore by 2080

CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS: US climate to become UNRECOGNISABLE in just decades – shock study

It Doesn't Matter What You Believe: Interactive Map Shows How Climate Change Will Affect American Cities

Climate Change Could Make Denver Feel Like Texas: Study

Heading south: Warming to change how US cities feel in 2080

What is the big picture – Identifying Values and Threats

Wave of Plastic brings watershed education to students

Find your 'climate analog': Tool tracks changes in cities

PlasticWatch: Reducing plastic waste on Solomons Island

Science for Citizens: Embracing Uncertainty-From scientist to entrepreneur

Science for Citizens: Tiny Bubbles Mentoring

Montréal aura le climat de Philadelphie dans 60 ans, affirme un chercheur

Here's how global warming will change your town's weather by 2080

Look south: study finds analogues for future climate of U.S., Canadian cities

By 2080, the climate in these Canadian cities will look nothing like it does today

With climate change, what will your city's weather feel like in 60 years?

Science for Citizens: Diversifying the Geosciences

Climate of North American cities will shift hundreds of miles in one generation

By 2080, Washington D.C. climate may feel like Deep South

D’ici à 2080, chaud et humide toute l’année à Washington

Study: Warming may make New York feel like Arkansas in 2080

Chaud et humide toute l'année à Washington d'ici 2080, selon une étude

The East Coast Is Going to Get Arkansasified

Future Urban Climates

Sea Level Rise in Maryland: Preparing for future and current changes

Knauss Fellows explore science and policy issues in Washington

Climate of North American cities will shift hundreds of miles in one generation

Climate of North American cities will shift hundreds of miles in one generation

An Array and a Ray

IAN's eNews February 2019

When Bad Things Happen to Good Rays

Jennifer Clapper

Next Generation: Katie Martin

Building a Report Card: Getting Started

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jennifer Bowen, Northeastern University

Horn Point Seminars: Mike Unger, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Horn Point Seminars ~ Vicki Blazer, USGS

Horn Point Seminars ~ Joe Pitula, UMES

Horn Point Seminars ~ Christina Bradley

Horn Point Seminars ~ Whitley Gray

Nathan Miller

Future Urban Climates

Lessons from President George H. W. Bush for the Present Political Environment

Mixing it up in the web of life

Record rainfall took toll on the Bay

Matthew Weber

Mountains as Sentinels of Change: Summary from Belmont Forum

IMET Seminar: Dr. Clara Fuchsman (Assistant Professor, UMCES-HPL)

'Wave of Plastic' brings watershed education to area students

Sea level rise imperils historic grave site on Eastern Shore of Maryland

Report paints dire picture on local sea level rise

Sturgeon population hold steady in Bay

UMCES in the News

Horn Point Seminars ~ Valerie Hall

Science After Hours: Good news for the Choptank - Improving water quality in the estuary

The Place in Between: How a marsh holds life together

Science Bytes: Harmful Algal Blooms with Pat Glibert

If the river's not flowing, is it still a river? Learning about the Verde River Watershed

Two new books bring together than 40 years of expertise on Chesapeake Bay

'Wave of Plastic' partnership brings watershed education to Calvert and St. Mary’s students

Healthy Rivers for All

Wave of Plastic partnership to bring watershed education experiences to Calvert and St. Mary’s County students

Md. Sea Level To Increase Dramatically, Report Says

Sturgeon population hold steady in Bay

Climate change is washing away the Chesapeake’s Bay treasures

Record rainfall took toll on Bay

Barred Owl (Strix varia)

No more time for debate on climate change

MD sea level to increase dramatically, report says

Science happens here! IMET Open House, May 4

IMET Seminar: Dr. Katherine Buckley (Senior Research Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University)

IMET Seminar: Dr. Aniket Gore (Staff Scientist, NIH)

HPL Hatchery Goods/Services Request

Livestock Feed Trough

Livestock Water Trough

Suburban Cape Cod Home on Stilts

Maryland Gov. Hogan 'just as much in awe' as the first time as he prepares to renew oath of office

Frustration builds against Conowingo Dam after season of releases, progress in 2019?

Diseases from the sea being studied by three South Carolina colleges

Record rainfall took its toll on the bay

Thinking Big: How UMCES can increase its capacity to produce actionable science that serves society

Developing a Report Card for the Verde River Watershed

IMET Seminar: Dr. Zhen "Jason" He (Professor, Virginia Tech)

IMET Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth A. Babcock (Associate Professor, University of Miami)

Oceans, human health, climate change focus of unique new $5.7 million alliance

Oceans, human health, climate change focus of unique new $5.7 million alliance

Arctic Observing and Science for Sustainability Summary from Belmont Forum

Sea Level Rise in Smithville

This is What Science Stands For: Exhibiting at AGU Fall Meeting 2018

Horn Point Seminars ~ Michael Wilberg

IMET Seminar: De-Qiang Li (Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, UMB)

Spring 2019 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Galgamuwa

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Pete Marra

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: John Sauer, USGS

UMCES in the News

'Code red' for the Chesapeake Bay

Record rainfall took its toll on the bay

Bay Journal: Scientists Waiting To See If Record 2018 Rainfall Dampens Chesapeake Bay Recovery

For decades, scientists thought sturgeon had vanished from Maryland waters. They’re delighted to be wrong.

Maryland Farm and Harvest - Farming, BMPs, and water quality

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Maryland Sea Level Rise: Projections for Maryland 2018

Ecosystem Transformation: Resilience in the Face of Change

Horn Point Seminars ~ Bram van Prooijen

Benjamin Colbert

A perspective on the UMCES Environmental Summit

Workshopping an environmental report card for the western basin of Lake Erie

Now available - Coral reef status reports for the Pacific jurisdictions

IAN welcomes Jennifer Clapper to the team

IAN releases its 3rd annual report card

Learn how to make an ecosystem health report card

Horn Point Seminars ~ Suzanne Dorsey

Horn Point Seminars ~ Matthew Ogburn

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Petra Wood, West Virginia University

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Kenny Rose, UMCES-Horn Point Laboratory

Spring 2019 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Plough

Spring 2019 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Heyes

Dissertation Defense ~ Emily Russ

Scientists waiting to see if record 2018 rainfall dampens Bay recovery

Next Generation: Zoraida Perez Delgado

Feet on the Beach

Two new books bring together than 40 years of expertise on Chesapeake Bay

Oyster Stock Assessment

Next Generation: Zoraida Perez Delgado

Maryland's Fragile Oyster Population; From Spawn to Spat

Facilitating a Belmont Forum workshop in Washington D.C.

For decades, scientists thought sturgeon had vanished from Maryland waters. They're delighted to be wrong

Graduate Student Zoraida P. Pérez Delgado Awarded Knauss Fellowship

More Funds Available for the Chesapeake Bay in Farm Bill

Chesapeake Bay: How can we understand it like we’ve never seen?

Maryland Rising Sea Level

Report: Maryland May See Higher Than Average Sea Level Rise

Today in Maryland 12/24

The Integration and Application Network in 2018

Environment & Society Reflections

Heron in tiger lilies

Dottie Samonisky retirement party

Horn Point Seminars ~ Andrew Heyes

Sweet Kenny Moore is retiring

A Time to Krill

Planning and Preparing Through Predictions

Final challenge: Environment and Society

Coral reef condition: A status report for American Samoa

Coral reef condition: A status report for Guam

Coral reef condition: A status report for the Northern Mariana Islands

Coral reef condition: A status report for the Hawaiian Archipelago

Coral reef condition: A status report for the Pacific Remote Islands

2018 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Pacific Jurisdictions

Sea Level Rise Could Bring Daily Flooding To Maryland Cities

‘Just short of a crisis’: Tensions flare as VA halts oyster seed harvest in James

Diner at Grand Central Oyster Bar finds pea-sized pearl in his lunch

Sea level rise to cause near-daily flooding in parts of Baltimore region by end of century, new report says

Report lays out Maryland sea level rise under different emissions scenarios: By 2100, 1 foot — or 7?

IAN Report Card 2017

A visit to the Harris Creek oyster restoration site with Chesapeake Bay Program colleagues

Maryland sea-level rise projections reveal potential impact of inaction on warming climate

Little Frog

IMET Seminar: Dr. Kimberly Reece (Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science)

Coordination

CoastSmart Communities Initiative

Celebration of Susan Williams’ life and impact at UC Davis and Bodega Marine Laboratory

Sea-level rise projections

Marine Resource Council

Kick off workshop for Western Lake Erie report card project

CBL Thanks Those Who Supported Their Programs

Need a new space to work? Here’s a look at 26 coworking options in Baltimore

CBL duo honored for their work at Solomons lab

Field Notes: Record Rains, Offshore Drilling, and More Deluge from the

Holiday spirit fills Christmas parade

Gulf of Thailand Study Tour

2 new videos are available on IAN's YouTube channel!

Report Cards promoted at the GEF International Waters Conference, Marrakech, Morocco

The Verde River Report Card project begins

USGS Ecosystem Transformation Workshop in Seattle, WA

Learn how to make an ecosystem health report card

Kicking off a report card for the Blue River in Kansas City, Missouri

Horn Point Seminars ~ Louis Plough

Visitor Center Volunteer Program Management

Environmental Education

Science for Citizens - Public Seminar Series

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Visitor Center

Open-Concept Disciplines

Past Watershed Moments (October 2018)

2018 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council

IMET Seminar: Dr. Louis Plough (Assistant Professor, UMCES-HPL)

New Report Finds Overharvesting Could Endanger Oysters in Bay

Alison Colden: Maryland's leaders have the facts to make meaningful changes to oyster fishery

Bay Scientists Say Stream Restoration Not Delivering As Much As Hoped

Arctic Researcher Jacqueline Grebmeier Named AAAS Fellow

Maryland's Oyster Population Collapses, Sparks "Overfished" Fears

Representing UMCES at the 12th International Conference on the Environmental Management of the Enclosed Coastal Seas

IMET Seminar: Phil Rogofsky (Director, Maryland STEM Festival)

The Shellfish Gene

Appalachian Laboratory Email List

Talking River Basin Report Cards at the International Waters Conference, Marrakech

Arctic researcher Jacqueline Grebmeier named AAAS Fellow

Arctic researcher Jacqueline Grebmeier named AAAS Fellow

From Fog of War to Flames of Peace--Wildfires Surge in Post-FARC Colombia

Report: Md. Oysters Overfished, Population Down by Half Since 1999

Chesapeake Bay's oyster population is half of 1999 count, a new model finds

Today in Maryland 11/21

Model: Chesapeake Bay Oyster Population Half Of 1999 Count

The Die of the Storm

Earthward Bound: Ricky Arnold returns from the International Space Station

Don’t Hate, Integrate!

Creating the Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card

Seagrasses and salt marshes team up to fight coastal erosion

Restaurants encouraged to 'make the switch' to paper straws

New study: Chesapeake oyster decline not due to overfishing

Accomack farmers are doing their part for the Chesapeake

Bay scientists: Stream restoration benefits not clear cut

Nemes conducts birdhouse workshop with cub scouts

Student Research Project- Claire Nemes

Snake Encounters of the Third Kind

IMET Seminar: Dr. Alison W. Watts (Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire)

IMET Seminar: Dr. Andrew Heyes (Associate Research Professor, UMCES-CBL)

LOICZ

International Water Centre

Untangling the web of stakeholders

Science communication products

Maryland could see smaller, and fewer, oysters this year. You can blame all that rain.

The Amazon Rainforest Is Adapting to Climate Change, But Not Fast Enough

Stakeholder workshop bring locals one step closer to a report card for the Tuul River Basin

Using Basin Report Cards to support the TDA/SAP process

Old faces, new times. Stakeholder mapping at International Riversymposium 2018 (Sydney, Australia)

Scientists Alone Won’t Save the Earth

Study of Arctic algae 'puts a microscope up to climate change'

Old faces, new times at the International Riversymposium 2018

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2017 released

IAN welcomes new intern, Kate Petersen

MEES Colloquium 2018 in the mountains

Learn how to make an ecosystem health report card

Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms

Could Fish DNA Tests Replace Population Surveys?

Dolphins Are Changing Their Calls Due To Boat Noise

eDNA emerges as powerful tool for tracking threatened river herring in Chesapeake Bay

Dolphins Change Their Calls To Be Heard Over Rising Ocean Noise

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Giving Tuesday Challenge

Parramatta River Study Tour

Chesapeake Garden Club Supports CBL Research Experience for STEM Students

Study of Arctic algae 'puts a microscope up to climate change'

Horn Point Lab Open House 2018

PlasticWatch effort in Solomons aims to keep plastic out of the waterways

PlasticWatch effort in Solomons aims to keep plastic out of the waterways

e-DNA emerges as powerful tool for tracking threatened river herring in Chesapeake Bay

e-DNA emerges as powerful tool for tracking threatened river herring in Chesapeake Bay

How a cultural model can help with your travel plans

Jian Zhao

Katie May Laumann

IMET Seminar: Dr. Nilli Zmora (Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Marine Biotechnology, UMBC)

Loud seas a headache for dolphins, whales

Humans Are Screwing Up Dolphins' Abilities To Talk To Each Other

AR Girls present results of their work on interactive digital stories

Whales and dolphins change the way they communicate in a noisy ocean

In a noisy ocean, whales go quiet but dolphins start shouting, new studies show

The 21st International Riversymposium

Don Pedro

The Future of Future Earth Coasts

Next Generation: Christina Goethel

Two halves of a whole: the natural and cultural resources of the National Park Service

Growing noise in the ocean can cause dolphins to change their calls

Growing noise in the ocean can cause dolphins to change their calls

Availability Of Nitrogen To Plants Is Declining As Climate Warms

As temperatures, CO2 levels rise, plants get less nitrogen

Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms

Note to Andy Harris: There's no credible debate about climate change anymore

New Chesapeake Bay License Plate Design Unveiled

Citizens Restoring American Chestnuts

The Nitrogen Cycle is Seizing Up Globally and Scientists Might Not Be Ready to Hear It

Talbot Spy talks with Horn Point Laboratory oyster experts Matt Gray and Louis Plough

Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms

Cram Lab

Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms

WebStock 2018

Striving for synthesis: Overcoming environment and society obstacles

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jeremy Testa (UMCES-CBL)

IMET Seminar: Steve Doctor, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

IMET Seminar: Dr. Gary H. Dickinson, The College of New Jersey

A Buried Stream Runs Under It

The Air Fix

A Grass Grows in the Bay

A Forest’s Story

Horn Point Lab open house set for Oct. 13

MEES Colloquium 2018

2018 IAN Retreat at the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

Using a virus to help understand where Chesapeake Bay crabs come from

IMET Seminar: Dr. Richard A. Snyder (Professor and Director, Eastern Shore Laboratory, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary)

Ecological Economics: One of the circles of sustainability

Horn Point Laboratory Chesapeake Science Open House

Heavy Rains, Flooding Could Affect Future Oyster Harvests

Mainers grapple with risk that a shrimp season this year could be the last one

Open House at Horn Point Laboratory

Coastal Bays report shows highest recorded grade

Appalachian Laboratory seeks nominations for the 2019 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

Horn Point Seminars ~ Allison Coffey Reilly

Previewing NY Harbor exhibit at the New York Aquarium on Coney Island

Mahdi Khademishamami

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

Australian Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Harbor Science and Stakeholder Workshop

Dissertation Defense: Mary Larkin (Ph.D. Candidate, UMB Toxicology)

IMET Seminar: Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier, Nature Conservancy

Risk: A Pivotal Player

Appalachian Laboratory to host American chestnut event as part of Watershed Moments series

Understanding the dynamics and interdependencies of socio-ecological systems through models

IAN welcomes new intern, Yesenia Valverde

IAN welcomes new Science Integrator, Katie May Laumann

A one-day course in Communicating Science Effectively with U.S. EPA Region 1

How to make an ecosystem health report card

Connect with IAN at the Chesapeake Film Festival

Transforming our coastal futures through partnerships to foster sustainability

IMET Seminar: Dr. Jacob Cram, Assistant Professor, UMCES-HPL

Maryland Coastal Bays report card gets a B- for the first time

Environmental Summit

It’s a Political World…Even in Nature

Rolling back these offshore drilling measures would be a grave error in the history of ocean policy.

Warmer Arctic waters attract surprising visitors: Clams, fish and whales

First It Was a Hurricane. Then Pig Poop. Now It’s Coal Ash

New online tool shows how oyster reefs can rescue a waterway

Researchers use a virus, ocean current maps and acoustic monitoring to find out: Where do Maryland crabs come from?

Florence has moved on, but high waters still may send torrent of pollution to Chesapeake

Communicating science effectively: one-day course with EPA Region 1

Science Bytes

2017 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

What’s nature got to do with it?

Renjian Li

Transforming our coastal futures through partnerships to foster sustainability

Dasyatis americana (Southern Stingray) 2

It’s game time! Board games that can help people ‘level up’ their capacity for transdisciplinary work

Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands

Patuxent Sentinel river monitoring program expands

PlasticWatch

France-Merrick Professor Kenny Rose awarded for paper on ecosystem modeling and fisheries management

C. Brian Duke honored by USM Board of Regents for remarkable impact on Chesapeake Biological Laboratory campus

Brian Duke honored by Board of Regents for impact on Chesapeake Biological Laboratory campus

Los sargazos e “inundaciones” costeras

Batiuk, the boy, knew Bay was his destiny; as a man he helped change its fate

Gunston School launches Chesapeake Watershed Semester

Climate change, environmental regulation, and the Chesapeake Bay comeback

From Walden to Now: A Look at the Environmental Movement in the USA

PlasticWatch

PlasticWatch

PlasticWatch

PlasticWatch

Next Generation: Daniela Tizabi

Lessons learned from the Sunbelt Social Network Conference

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Open House

The Gunston School Launches Innovative New Program, the Chesapeake Watershed Semester

Commentary: Oligotrophication — A New, Hopeful Word For The Bay

Citizen scientists sought for dolphin watch in bay

Coastal Labs Studying Increased Flooding Consider Moving Because Of Increased Flooding

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jeremy Testa

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2018 Annual Conference

PlasticWatch

IMET Seminar: Benjamin Oyler Dissertation Defense

White Marsh Hibiscus (Hibiscus waimeae)

Red Dragonfly on reed in water

Salt Marsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica) with Butterfly and Bee

Common Snapping Turtle straight on (Chelydra serpentina)

Common Snapping Turtle close up (Chelydra serpentina)

Morning Dove in Dark Tree

UMCES Staff Appreciation Day 2019

UMCES Staff Excellence Award

New Environment & Society course launched

UMCES science-industry partnerships awarded for Maryland research

Science-industry partnerships awarded for Maryland research

Study: Harris Creek Oyster Recovery Delivers Stunning Results

Could This Slimy Corn 'Fix' One of Earth's Biggest Pollution Problems?

Corporate Food Brands Drive the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

Drought in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands

Science Communication Course at IMET

IAN attends Tennessee River Basin Network planning meeting

How to make an ecosystem health report card

IAN attends International Sunbelt Social Network Conference

When herding cats it helps to have a map

Bay Journal: Washed Away By Sediment? Torrential Rains Threaten Chesapeake Bay Restoration Gains, But Also Helped

The gender gap is real — for crabs

Costly Maryland oyster project pays off in pollution reductions, study finds

Horn Point Seminars ~ Adrienne Sutton

Horn Point Seminars ~ Chris Hein

Horn Point Seminars ~ Stuart Hamilton

Horn Point Seminars ~ Katie McFarland

Horn Point Seminars ~ Rasika Gawde

Horn Point Seminars ~ Evan Howard

Horn Point Seminars ~ Corinne Corbau

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jeremiah Ness

Carol Kim

Interactive model helps stakeholders plan for Bay health goals

Watershed Moments Community Learning Series: Cat Wars

Fall 2018 Watershed Moments Community Learning Series: Restoring the American Chestnut

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Bambang Saharjo (BAU)

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Michael Runge, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: William Nardin, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jon Duncan (Penn State)

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar Series: Jacob Cram (UMCES-HPL)

Next steps for the Tennessee River Basin Report Card

Horn Point Seminars ~ Shreeram Inamdar

Horn Point Seminars ~ Vikki Chanse

Attending the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference

Study Combines Ocean Physics With Seaweed Biology To Help Track Sargassum’s Path

Tracking Sargassum's Ocean Path Could Help Predict Coastal Inundation Events

Tracking Sargassum’s ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events

Hermaphrodite Crab Spotted Near Deal Island

Genetic Marvel: Three-Clawed Crab Found On Eastern Shore

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar: Bill Link (USGS)

Tracking Sargassum’s ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events

Fall 2018 Visiting Scholar Seminar: Andrew Landsman (NPS)

Tracking Sargassum’s ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events

Deep dive on remote sensing leads to prestigious award for young scientist

Go Fish! Campers discover the Chesapeake’s bounty with help from graduate students

Extra chromosomes make August oysters extra plump

IMET Seminar: Dr. Jeremy Testa

Weather aids in state's best recorded hypoxia results

As another surge of stormwater and pollution flows through Conowingo Dam, scientists worry about impact on oysters, grasses

Go Fish! Campers discover the Chesapeake’s bounty with help from graduate students

IMET Internship

Climate Change Threatens the Terrapin;

Florida Is Having a 10-Month Streak of Toxic Red Tide

The Earth Ablaze

Best Ever Oxygen Levels in Chesapeake Bay

Sun Investigates: How much Susquehanna River debris could have passed through Conowingo Dam floodgates?

Chesapeake Bay Health Improves As Government Reduces Cleanup Enforcement

AL student Kelly Pearce accepts faculty position with Allegheny College

Horn Point Annual Open House

Earth Ablaze: AL Professor Mark Cochrane co-author of recent NYT Opinion

VIDEO: Communites Clean Up Dangerous Debris

Zhaoying (Angie) Wei

IAN kicks off UMCES Institutional Assessment project

IAN learns new science visualization techniques at the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators annual conference in DC

IAN welcomes Angie Wei

IAN is hiring!

IAN is offering a science communication course soon!

The first Yucatán Coast Report Card

Fear for the turtle

A Self-Cleaning Bay? Less Ammonia Found in Deepest Water

Shady Side shell shakers play hands-on role in oyster restoration

These sandals replace petroleum with sugarcane. How smug can I be about wearing them?

After Decades of Effort, the Chesapeake Bay Is Turning Around

Yucatán State Report Card 2017

Chesapeake Bay SAV restoration

Students Impacting Policy with Science

Next Generation: Christine Knauss

Bottoms up! Bay’s deepest waters showing signs of recovery

Md. DNR: Susquehanna, Upper Bay Water Flow Dangerous to Boaters

Conowingo Dam Opens, Causes Concern over Bay Pollution

Solidarity Among World’s Scientists Needed Now More Than Ever

CSM, marine lab team up for 'Tiny Bubbles' program

Jane Hawkey

Focusing on outcomes: What are we really shooting for?

Harte Research Institute

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Georgia DNR

A $1.5 Million Plan to Count Every Cat in Washington, House Cats Included

Flockhart Featured in Recent New York Times Article

Gunston Receives Edward E. Ford Grant

Scientists: Climate Change Could Help Bay Crabs Thrive

Oligotrophication! A big word for even bigger news, a bay comeback

You dolphinitely need to take this quiz!

What can interdisciplinary collaborations learn from the science of team science?

Coastal Yucatán Report Card Completed!

Forest Trends

Florida Sea Grant

Master's Thesis Defense: Sam Major

Field Trips in Puerto Rico…. with a mission

Jacob Cram

2018 MEES Graduate Colloquium

Pre-eminent Journal Recognizes HPL Graduate Student

Marine Bio Camp means muddy hands, tempting seafood

More Dolphins Are Being Spotted Around Bay Bridge Area

Where Are the Dolphins?

For a healthy bay, take a healthy interest in your local stream

Report sightings with DolphinWatch app

Appalachian Laboratory internship helps kick off science career for young researcher

Summer on the Harbor

2017 Chesapeake Bay report card release

IAN partners with USGS in Puerto Rico

Chesapeake Bay receives a C in 2017!

Maryland State of the Coast: Connecting People, Innovation, and Opportunity

IAN brings back lessons from Eastern Climate Preparedness conference

Blog highlights from June

Florida DEP

Ecosystem Health Report Card for Laguna de Bay, Philippines

Department of Defense

IMET Seminar: Dr. Matthew Gray, Horn Point Laboratory

EcoCheck

COSEE Coastal Trends

Science communication products

IMET Seminar: Dr. Asaf Keller, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine

Bay of Bengal booklet and policy advisories

Local solutions: collaborations and information sharing to grow passion and facilitate community change

Dan Brellis

Family-owned and operated business in Parkville blooms with native plants

Use This App To Report Dolphin Sightings In The Chesapeake Bay

Laurie Arnold

Use this app to report dolphin sightings in the Chesapeake Bay

Baywatch: Spot Dolphins In The Chesapeake, And Help Scientists Too

Chesapeake Bay health improving, says study

CSM students get hands-on research aboard lab vessel

Scientists ask residents to report dolphin sightings

IMET Seminar: Dr. Shihuan Kuang, Purdue University

Horn Point Open House

Horn Point Seminars ~ Prabhat K. Koner

How can we include and legitimize other voices in science?

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Open House

A polemic against coupled human and natural systems, boundary spanning, and transdisciplinarity:

Chesapeake Bay Health Earning High Marks

How to choose a reef-friendly sunscreen that also protects skin

Next Generation: Suzi Spitzer

Maryland Green Registry Award recognizes UMCES' leadership in sustainability

AccessDNR July 2018

Summer Dead Zones In Chesapeake Bay Breaking Up Earlier

FISH Project offers lab-grown seafood as healthy option

United Way, McCormick and Local Scientists Partner on New FISH Program

Fish grown for aquaculture research is being served at Baltimore-area soup kitchens and food banks

SOLUTIONS FROM THE LAND CONCERNED THAT RISING SEA LEVELS ARE GROWING THREAT TO DELMARVA AGRICULTURE

Next Generation: Suzi Spitzer

Maryland Green Registry Award recognizes UMCES' leadership in sustainability

Maryland Green Registry Award recognizes UMCES' leadership in sustainability

Rich Batiuk’s retirement from the Chesapeake Bay Program

Adapting to climate change in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

CLEAR

Tributary Report Card Standardization

IMET Seminar: Dr. Nilli Zmora, IMET

IMET Seminar: Dr. Kan Cao, University of Maryland College Park

IMET Seminar: Dr. Illarion V. Turko, IBBR/NIST

IMET Seminar: Dr. Charles Derby, Georgia State University

IMET Seminar: Dr. Vance Trudeau, University of Ottawa

IMET Seminar: Blue Water Baltimore

Patuxent River Report Card

Nanticoke Tributary Report Card

Maryland’s inaugural State of the Coast conference

Once Forgotten Anacostia River Gets Its First Passing Grade

Bay’s report card still promising (Editorial)

Science and community unite to provide healthy protein to underserved

Science and community unite to provide healthy protein to underserved

Bay’s ‘dead zone’ will be larger than average this summer, scientists forecast

Bigger Bay Dead Zone Predicted Due to Spring Rain

Expansion of a survey tool to measure behavior change and impacts within watersheds

Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-Average Summer 'Dead Zone' Forecast

Anacostia River gets its first passing grade

“We’ve been waiting for this moment where we could say the bay as a whole is getting better,” said Bill Dennison, vice president for science applications at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. “Now we can say it.”

Chesapeake Bay Report Card highlights signs of progress. Estuary received a “C” grade in 2017 from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science https://goo.gl/Ft73Xu

River Rally 2018

Seagrass recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A success for Chesapeake Bay research and restoration

Giant Clam Shells May Help Predict Future Tropical Storms

Biology Students Get Hands-On Learning at Lab LexLeader

Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer 'dead zone' forecast for 2018 after wet spring

Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for 2018 after wet spring

Report: Chesapeake Bay health trending upward for first time

Bay Report Card: Average Grade, But Good News on Dead Zones

Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer 'dead zone' forecast for 2018 after wet spring

Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer 'dead zone' forecast for 2018 after wet spring

Summer dead zones in Chesapeake Bay breaking up earlier

2017 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Summer dead zones in Chesapeake Bay breaking up earlier

Discussing island drought in Puerto Rico Part II

How to develop and report on performance measures in the Great Lakes

Overall Chesapeake Bay health improves as a whole for first time

Overall Chesapeake Bay health improving for the first time

Matt Fitzpatrick talks Ancient Pollen on WYPR's "On the Record"

Discussing island drought in Puerto Rico Part I

Restoring Gulf Ecosystems After the BP Oil Spill

CSM Biology students get hands-on experience at Laboratory Research Vessel

Pride cometh before the flooding in Ocean City

Oyster Industry Leaders Compromise for Oyster Futures

Environmentalists, Watermen Forge Compromise On Oysters

Chesapeake Research and Modeling Symposium 2018

Teaching the report card process in Ontario, Canada

Course in Communicating Science Effectively at Northeastern University

IAN in China

How is Chesapeake Bay doing?

Submit your videos to IAN for the Chesapeake Film Festival!

The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: Developing a Report Card Stakeholder Workshop Newsletter

Save the date for our next course on river basin health report cards!

Tiny Bubbles project introduces community college students to science

Exploring "Down Under"

Horn Point Seminars ~ Qian Zhang

Horn Point Seminars ~ Kelly Leo

Horn Point Seminars ~ Matt Pluta

Horn Point Seminars ~ Katja Fennel

Horn Point Seminars ~ Katja Fennel

Special Public Talk by Dr. Katja Fennel

Visiting the Great Lakes to talk report cards and communication ideas

New Report Recommends State on Improving Oyster Populations

'Enough to bring the oil field back to where it was?': Rising oil prices spark hope in Louisiana's oil patch

Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses break record, top 100,000 acres

Bivalve bipartisanship? Environmentalists, watermen have a meeting of the minds

Wainger Lab is proud to have supported the OysterFutures consensus process with economic analyses. This Bay Journal article provides more information about the project.

Development of an Adaptive Survey Tool to Measure Behavior Change within Watersheds

How to improve interdisciplinary collaborations: lessons learned from scientists studying team science

Appalachian Laboratory Director Eric Davidson Featured on Recent WFWM "Community Matters" Segment

NPS Spotlight on Natural and Cultural Resources Workshop

Ellicott City flood was no 'act of God'

The UK’s offshore wind boom is great for the climate. But what about the fish?

Lots of dolphins showing up in the Chesapeake Bay

Help Md. scientists track dolphins and Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem

Local scientist recognized for work with marine life

The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: Developing a Report Card

Dolphin spotting season begins even earlier in the Chesapeake

Maryland Announces First State-Led Climate Leadership Academy

Scientists exploring life in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Students find success as entreprenuers after REEF program

Fear for the turtle?

Using sound, scientists search murky Bay waters

Deep Creek Lake Report Card

Ten teaching tips from the Teaching & Learning Transformation Center at the University of Maryland

Rookery Bay NERR

Dr. Helen Bailey honored with President’s Award for Science Application

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Science Cafe and science communication training in Boston

OysterFutures stakeholders reach consensus

OysterFutures stakeholders reach consensus

Past Visiting Scholar Seminars

UMCES 2018 Commencement

Graduate students honor IMET professor with first Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Study to measure reef balls’ ability to agitate water, lessen dead zones

Dolphins now are appearing by the hundreds in the Chesapeake Bay

Researches Encouraged By Increased Number Of Dolphins Sightings In Chesapeake Bay

Graduate students honor IMET professor with first Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Assessment of Small Watersheds in China

Helen Bailey wins 2018 President's Award

UMCES Class of 2018, 'the world needs your leadership'

President Goodwin's charge to 2018 graduates

UMCES Commencement 2018

UMCES celebrates fifth annual commencement ceremony May 15

River Chief

A Busy May for Dolphins in the Bay

Researchers hopeful of Chesapeake Bay health after dolphin sightings

Can tiny crustaceans take a bite out of mosquito population?

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jian Zhao

Dolphins appearing by the hundreds in Chesapeake Bay: 'All of a sudden there were like 50 of them around us'

Can Tiny Crustaceans Take A Bite Out Of Mosquito Population?

Student startup, Minnowtech, makes a splash in Accelerate Baltimore program

IMET opens doors for second Open House

Dolphin seminar is May 17

Horn Point Seminars ~ Piero Mazzini

Horn Point Seminars ~ Joe Jurisa

Student startup, Minnowtech, makes a splash in Accelerate Baltimore program

Tour Horn Point's campus

Tuul River Basin Report Card Development

WWF-UMCES Partnership

Climate Change Research Activities Synthesis

State of Yucatan Report Card

Environmental Restoration Success in the Everglades

Sudbury, Assabet, Concord Rivers Report Card Workshop

Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Resource Stewardship Strategy Tool

Horn Point Seminars ~ Xiaodong Qu

Beach water quality prediction

Coral Reef Ecosystem Status and Trends

A Gestalt of 0s and 1s: The Tips and Tools of Web Design

Researching Maryland Coastal Bays

Project Publications

2004 State of the Bays

Research Findings

Maryland Coastal Bays

eNews

Blogs

Media

Publications

Symbol Libraries

eNews

Blogs

Publications

eNews

Blogs

Science Communication Courses

Publications

Healthy Waterways

Seminar: Dr. Carolina Bonin Lewallen, Hampton University

IAN welcomes new Science Integrator, Jason Howard

IAN facilitated Future Earth Coasts meeting in Cork, Ireland

AERS 70th anniversary conference

Healthy Waterways journey

Blog highlights

Healthy Waterways: The story of an amazing journey

Pigs in Water: living underwater with Susan Williams

Environmental Science Films

HPL & NSF Coastal SEES: OysterFutures

eNews

Blog

Publications

Media

Maryland farmers protect the bay every day

Students get hands on at Western Maryland STEM Festival

Horn Point offers 'Science After Hours'

Chesapeake Bay, a recovery in progress

Dave Nemazie discusses UMCES' role in Bay restoration at 2018 workshop

Bringing Chesapeake Bay to HoHai University

WMDT Interview: Experts Meet With Senator Cardin to Discuss Challenges Facing Bay Cleanup

My four decade friendship with Susan Williams

Hello and Goodbye: The brief in-person encounter with my online class

Salmo salar (atlantic salmon) smolt

Salmo salar (atlantic salmon) fry

Salmo salar (atlantic salmon) parr

Making a Maryland oyster

Next Generation: Juan Alvarez

Hurricane Maria potential game-changer for Horn Point student’s research

Recycling Oyster Shells Improves Water Quality, Oyster Population

Oysters and Dead Zones: A New Experiment

Managing technology and sustainability at GreenPort Congress Americas

Harris is new Chesapeake Champion

Man-Made Oyster Reef Experiment Underway In Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Film Festival Announces New Members to its Board of Directors

Horn Point opens new solar field

Past Watershed Moments (April 2018)

Future Earth Coasts workshop songbook

Past Watershed Moment (March 2018)

UMCES using 11,000 solar panels’ power

Appalachian Lab director to speak

First deep dive into underwater grasses shows damaged Chesapeake Bay can heal

Rebuilding the Bay’s Oyster Population

Horn Point Laboratory 2018 Chesapeake Champion

New Solar Field and Sustainability Take Center Stage at Horn Point

It’s Your Time: Make It Count

Standard Solar Completes 2 Megawatt Solar Project for University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory

Op-Ed: Some Things We Know by William C. Baker

Horn Point Laboratory flips switch on new solar field

New solar field, sustainability center stage at Horn Point Laboratory

Cork conference on coastal sustainability

Are Sunscreens Killing Our Coral Reefs?

High-Tech in the High Sea

Are Biofuels Worth the Costs in Brazil?

Can Seaweed Clean Up The Mess Left By Your Cell Phone?

Horn Point Laboratory Professor Jeffrey Cornwell receives highest university award

8 Years After Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Is Another Disaster Waiting To Happen?

Maryland Hosts First-Ever State of the Coast Conference

Chesapeake Bay at the Forefront of Addressing Climate Change

20 Percent of Carbon Entering North American Coastal Water Buried

Liz McDowell to receive Environmental Education Award from Appalachian Lab

Tour new 10-acre solar field at Horn Point Laboratory, on-site interviews available

It’s the Circle of Science: How to Move Your Audience

Horn Point Seminars ~ Kathy Quattrone

UMCES' faculty and students made signs and hit the road for the March for Science in Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 14.

The Trump Administration, Slanted Science and the Environment: 4 Essential Reads

Jefferson High students fare well at regional science fair

Five principles of holistic science communication

Seas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta, scientists say

Cub Scout Pack 24 makes birdhouses for Appalachian Lab

Chesapeake Bay Summit 2018

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society 70th anniversary conference

Past Projects

Liz McDowell, winner of the 2018 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

Horn Point Laboratory Professor Jeffrey Cornwell receives highest university award

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science professor Jeffrey Cornwell receives highest university award

Who tells your story?

Training local teams in report card creation

Club to hear newest park plans

Harris is sixth Chesapeake Champion

MICHAEL GONSIOR ON TRACING THE IMPACT OF SEPTIC SYSTEMS ON LOCAL WATERWAYS

Film Festival Is a Hit

Experts meet with Senator Cardin to discuss challenges facing Bay cleanup

Lower Kafue River Environmental Literacy

Sea-Level Rise, Changing Tides & Stronger Storm Surges in Chesapeake Bay

Science in the First Person: Michael Gonsior on tracing the impact of septic systems on local waterways

IAN helps kick off a Report Card for the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers

Chesapeake Bay recovery paper published

8th World Water Forum

Video and blog highlights

Kafue River Basin Report Card begun in Zambia

WWF UMCES Partnership

What’s Your Story?

Deep Dive Shows Damaged Chesapeake Bay Can Heal

Rough Season Ends for Watermen Oystering in Maryland

Independent lab suspends BWMS testing over quality concerns

Understanding 'allergies' in fish with Mary Larkin

Nutrient Reductions Credited for Remarkable Resurgence in Bay’s Underwater Grasses

Next Generation: Mary Larkin

The 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia

Graduate students offer advice for the next generation of scientists

Chesapeake Research Consortium

Believe it or not, maps are still useful!

Horn Point Seminars ~ Emily Brownlee

Science in the First Person: Allen Place on making vegetarians of farmed fish

Some things we know

How healthy is Lower Kafue basin?

To Protect and Preserve: Environmental Monitoring Central to Mission of Chesapeake Bay

How the Chesapeake Bay Formed American Identity

Johns Hopkins continues to lead U.S. schools in research and development spending

Perspective, inspiration, fresh ideas: Examining the power of diversity in science

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Mary Ollenburger

Watershed Moments: Bob Hilderbrand, "Stream Doctor"

Horn Point Seminars ~ Christina Bradley

Horn Point students grateful to female role models, hope to see more women in science

Good luck and Godspeed, Ricky Arnold

Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

Encontrar el equilibrio es la clave para las estudiantes de IMET que buscan una carrera en la ciencia

AL students see positive shift in women seeking science careers

Communicating science with personality

Finding a balance key for IMET students seeking careers in science

Horn Point Seminars ~ Rebecca Murphy and Emily Trentacoste

Bridging the Gap: Women grad students talk rise of STEM, power of diversity in science

Gulf Stream emerging as sea level rise "wild card" for Hampton Roads

Coastline Management Has Major Impact On Rising Seas – And Tides – In Our Bay

Fort Monroe National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Maps and Legends, Are We Really Understood?

Early start helps CBL students find passion for science

Bat scientists seek answers on emerging disease

Bridging the Gap

UMCES' Bill Dennison interviews Astronaut Ricky Arnold ahead of launch

Visiting the National Press Club to talk about Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay grasses are rebounding

Researches note huge resurgence of aquatic vegetation in bay

Greenlaurel: ’Unprecedented recovery’ in Chesapeake Bay’s sea grasses directly tied to clean-up efforts

Curbing pollution helps underwater

Underwater comeback: Aquatic grass reappears in Chesapeake Bay

Bridging the Gap: Women grad students talk rise of STEM, power of diversity in science

Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Veni, Vidi, Vici: We Came, We Saw, We Concord.

Discovering the Chesapeake with IMET's Al Place

She blinded me with science! But data visualization is here to help

Abnormal Shell Shapes In Northern Map Turtles Of The Juniata River

Cleaner Water Results in More Aquatic Vegetation on Chesapeake Bay

Bay breathing easier? Scientists credit Chesapeake cleanup for tripling of underwater grasses critical to bay health

Bay grasses rebounding

10 billion residents soon to call Chesapeake Bay home

IAN welcomes PhD student Natalie Peyronnin

IAN team gathers for 2017 IAN Report Card Re-vamp Workshop

UMCES releases the Tennessee River Basin Report Card

UMCES holds workshops for the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative

UMCES grad, Ricky Arnold, heads back to the International Space Station for NASA

The Chesapeake’s ‘secret garden’ is thriving again, but Trump could end that

Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater grasses rebound

Grass Is Back In The Chesapeake, And Crabs Will Follow

Comeback of aquatic grasses in Chesapeake credited to decades of efforts to reduce nutrient pollution

Researchers peer beneath northern Minnesota ice — and wonder what less of it would mean for underwater ecosystems

Jerry Harris: a hunter and conservationist who is “giving back”

Scientific synthesis paper shows Chesapeake Bay nutrient diet is working

Long-term reduction in nutrient pollution spurs unprecedented recovery of aquatic grasses in Chesapeake Bay

Fishing for data: Research may help predict impact of diminishing ice, snow on lake ecosystems

Nature photos, stories part of learning series Appalachian Lab

U of G researchers create tool to manage cat population crisis

Salmo salar (atlantic salmon) alevin

New partnership sets goal of 10 billion new oysters by 2025

Big Ag is using more synthetic fertilizers, and the nitrogen is causing dead zones and algal blooms in our waterways

University of Guelph Researchers Create Tool to Manage Urban Cat Population Crisis

A New Partnership Aims to Add Billions of Oysters to Chesapeake Bay

New England council program review ready for panel

Fuchsman Lab

Comeback of aquatic grasses in Chesapeake credited to decades of efforts to reduce nutrient pollution

Bob “JJ” Orth receives the Virginia Outstanding Scientist Award

Data is the Centerfold: Illustrating statistical data to communicate your research

Coastline management has major impact on rising seas – and tides – in Chesapeake Bay

New coalition aims to add 10 billion oysters to the Chesapeake Bay

Nueva coalición pretende agregar 10.000 millones de ostras en la bahía Chesapeake

New Partnership Sets Goal Of 10 Billion New Oysters By 2025

Coalition aims to put 10 billion more oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

Talbot County Public Schools honors Horn Point assistant professor

New oyster partnership aiming for 10 billion — with a 'B' — by 2025

Partnership hopes to add 10 billion oysters to Chesapeake Bay by 2025

New Bay Goal to Add 10 Billion Oysters by 2025

Next Generation: Kevin Kahover

UMCES joins 10 Billion Oyster Project as Scientific Advisor

New Partnership sets Bold Goal: 10 Billion New Oysters by 2025

Billion and billions of new oysters to be added to Chesapeake Bay

Septic Stewardship Act Of 2018

Washing Away

UMCES joins 10 Billion Oyster Project as Scientific Advisor

UMCES joins 10 Billion Oyster Project as Scientific Advisor

Returning to My Ohio Roots: Scoping Out A Lake Erie Report Card

Promoting joint ecological and economic modeling

Finding The ‘Sugar, Sugar’ Sweet Spot For Conceptual Diagrams

UMCES sponsor spot on MPT

Researchers Receive $2M NSF Grant for STEM Outreach Geared Toward Girls

“High Tide in Dorchester”: Special community film preview and Q&A

BWMS testing raises "serious questions" says Bryant | Insurance Marine News

The UK's offshore wind boom is great for the climate. But what about the fish?

Chesapeake Bay Program partnership

Belmont Forum

Five principles of holistic science communication

Tennessee River Basin Report Card

Sharing tools for stakeholder engagement and collaboration at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum

To Move or Not to Move: Relocating The Chesapeake Bay Program

Appalachian Laboratory welcomes Maryland Biodiversity Project for March Watershed Moments

Student Forum Archives

“High Tide in Dorchester”: Special community film preview and Q&A

Horn Point Seminars ~ Enrique Curchitser

Bigger, stronger, disastrous: How climate change fuels wildfires

Watershed Moments: Maryland Biodiversity Project

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Projects

Comics for Science: using diagrams to illustrate a point

Policy and Guidance

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jake McPherson

Changing Climate: Stories from the Eastern Shore

Horn Point Seminars - Eric Schott

Wild & Scenic Film Festival set for Feb. 16

School-based aquaculture programs provide hands-on lessons

Senators back Sea Grant funding amid budget cuts

Maryland-Iowa Clean Water Dialogue

Maryland-Iowa Clean Water Dialogue

Film Preview: "High Tide in Dorchester"

Learning About Transdisciplinary Science Through Graduate Teaching

Reflections on teaching a global course on developing environmental report cards

Check in & Check out Forms

Tennessee River Basin Report Card

Tennessee River Basin Report Card Methods Document

Solomons research facility awarded for sustainability

Can the World Find Solutions to the Nitrogen Pollution Crisis?

Newsletter Archive

IAN welcomes new Science Communication Intern, Sky Swanson

IAN completes 2nd annual report: IAN Report Card 2016

IAN's Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen joins SESYNC Graduate Student Pursuit project kick-off

First Tuul River Basin Report Card Stakeholder Workshop held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Video and blog highlights

Construction of Horn Point Laboratory's solar field

Jing Zhao

Claire Nemes

Jing Zhao

Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it?

White Pelicans, Great Blue Heron (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Ardea herodias)

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

American Toad, beetle

Tracking sediment in Chesapeake Bay with Emily Russ

Cutting-edge marine lab awarded for environmental stewardship

Speaking truth to power - StoryCorps interview with outgoing UMCES President Don Boesch

Lack of due diligence now could prove an expensive mistake in the future, warns Coldharbour Chief Executive

Serious Questions Surround BWMS Testing

Shucked and chucked: Jessup and Annapolis lead record year for bay oyster shell recycling

When Oysters Come into the Classroom

What's the true State of the State? How Maryland is faring under Gov. Hogan, by the numbers

IAN Report Card 2016

Data Interpretation and Synthesis Methods Manual

IAN Seminar ~ Jason Howard

Jenna Clark

Last but not least... Now that you know, it's time to work!

Next Generation: Emily Russ

R.V. Truitt Laboratory awarded for sustainability

R.V. Truitt Laboratory Building awarded for sustainability

A Long Love Affair with The Chesapeake Bay Part II

Soft crab roundtable set for Feb. 3

Bay region celebrates record year of oyster shell recycling

Why Scientists Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Can Still Get Government Grants

Century of Data Shows Rising Tides in Chesapeake, Delaware Bays

Full Funding for Chesapeake Bay Ahead; Some Watermen Skeptical

A Long Love Affair With Chesapeake Bay Part I

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Extracting new science from ancient pollen

NSF grant awarded to fund study of using augmented reality to interest girls in STEM

Researchers to study the value of citizen scientists in data gathering

Researchers to study the value of citizen scientists in data gathering

NSF grant awarded to study how augmented reality could pique girls' interest in science

When to Go Big with Report Cards

Horn Point Seminars ~ Amy Freitag

Connor Neill - Summer 2017 REU Student

Event & Room Request Form

Healthy Rivers for All: December 2017 retreat

Bob Graham urges Pensacola to fight offshore drilling plan

Jamie Pierson speaks at the Chestertown Garden Club meeting

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Nathaniel Hitt

Talk Less, Show More: Communicating Challenges and Successes in a Changing World

Tan Zou

Horn Point Seminars ~ Tom Jordan

Now What? Life After the Launch of a Report Card

DolphinWatch: Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

DolphinWatch: Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Solomons Island Bay Grasses

OysterFutures: A Collaborative Process for Developing Oyster Management Recommendations

Septic Detectives: Tracing Septic System Wastewaters in Calvert County Neighborhoods

Arctic Ocean Acidification with Christina Goethel

Bay Ecosystem: Ocean Deoxygenation Changes Pose Real Threat to Marine Ecosystems

DORM/APARTMENT REQUEST FORM

Events/Conference Room Request Form

VEHICLE REQUEST FORM

Using the Collaborative Learning framework to improve IAN’s report card development process and outcome

Maryland Democrats, environment and health advocates call on EPA to maintain Obama-era emissions goals

Trump’s offshore drilling plans ignore BP oil spill lessons

Scientists say 'dead zones' like those in Bay have grown across oceans

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2016

IMET research scientist talks dual passions on Maryland Humanities podcast

IMET research scientist talks dual passions on Maryland Humanities podcast

Medulla of the Report Card Success: Project Management and Workshop Planning

Aquatic Dead Zones Worsen Around Globe

Bay Ecosystem: Ocean Deoxygenation Changes Pose Real Threat to Marine Ecosystems by Amy Pelsinsky

Will Trump's Oil Drilling Mistake Cause Another Deepwater Disaster?

Report: 'Dead Zones' Common to Chesapeake Grow Across Oceans

Report: 'Dead zones' common to Chesapeake grow across oceans

Report: ‘Dead zones’ common to Chesapeake grow across oceans

'Dead zones' common to Chesapeake grow across oceans

Report: 'Dead zones' common to Chesapeake grow across oceans | Nation

IMO, USCG ‘shortcomings’ cited as MERC ends BWMS type-approval testing

Horn Point Seminars ~ Xiaohui Xie

Horn Point Seminars - Francisco Pedocchi

You Can’t Spell Earth Without Art

IAN receives Gold Star Partnership Award

Everglades region workshop newsletters released

Ecological Drought in the Northwest United States

IAN at the Maryland Water Monitoring Conference

Video and Blog Highlights

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Jennifer Baka

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Klaus Hubacek

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Thomas Serfass

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Allan O'Connell

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Manuel Spinola

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Christina Prell

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: David Osgood

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Joseph Craine

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Tom Fisher

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Victoria Coles

Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Jamie Pierson

The ocean is slowly suffocating, reports international team of scientists

Prairie dog expert John Hoogland shares 40 years of experience fighting cold in the field

Charge to Graduates 2015

Mapping UMCES staff at CERF: A Fun Exercise in Networks and Impacts

Next Generation: Jenna Luek

New approach can predict impact of climate change on species that can’t get out of the way

Andrew Elmore on studying changes to the landscape from outer space

The ocean is slowly suffocating, reports international team of scientists

900 sightings logged by Bay Dolphin Watch Program

Maryland Environmental Service Announces Award for Conowingo Dam Pilot Project

Feds say offshore drilling rule changes will cut industry costs, increase production

State awards Conowingo Dam pilot dredging contract

Chestertown Garden Club to host special guests

Horn Point Seminars - J. Sook Chung

The Integration and Application Network in 2017

Talking Science Communication With the Knauss Fellows

Twas the Weeks Before Christmas: Saying Goodbye to Nick DiPasquale

Kyarii Ramarui

Researchers win national challenge to study storm events and nutrients that impact Chesapeake Bay

Researchers win national challenge to study storm events and nutrients that impact Chesapeake Bay

Telling the River Story

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University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Best of 2017

Daily Record Icon Honor: Charles O. Monk II

Science of Science Communication IV: What Future Conferences Should Consider

Appalachian Laboratory graduate students participate in recent National Park Service project

Working to save Chesapeake Bay oysters, one restaurant at a time

EPA Awards $150K for IT Upgrade: Key for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Hydrologist Huub Savenije receives AGU award for his work in developing countries

Leadership Maryland celebrates 25th anniversary with gala

University of Maryland drops ballast water treatment certification tests

Five principles of holistic science communication

DolphinWatch

Grading basin or ecosystem health to track and address change

EPA awards $150K for IT upgrade key for Chesapeake Bay restoration

Oyster shell recycling: Bay to table and back again

EPA gives $150K for Chesapeake Bay restoration IT upgrade

EPA Awards $150,000 to Upgrade Info Technology for Bay Restoration

Walter Boynton wins Carl S. Weber Award for monitoring work in Chesapeake Bay

Ian Morris Scholar in Residence

A moratorium on mountaintop mining

Science Applications International : EPA Awards $150,000 to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to Upgrade Information Technology for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Jon White – From the President’s Office: 12-11-2017

EPA Awards $150,000 to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to Upgrade Information Technology for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

EPA awards $150K for IT upgrade key for Chesapeake Bay restoration

2016 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Tuul River Basin Report Card Stakeholder Workshop Summary

The Science of Science Communication

Walter Boynton wins Carl S. Weber Award for monitoring work in Chesapeake Bay

EPA awards $150,000 to UMCES to upgrade information technology for Chesapeake Bay restoration

A Trip to The Queen City

Python bivittatus (Burmese python)

Arecaceae (Palm tree) 3

MERC to Cease BWMS Type Approval Testing

U.S. Lab Suspends Testing of Ballast Water Systems

Research centre’s withdrawal from ballast testing backs owners’ views on approval process

New gene-based model suggests, for microbes, it's not who you are but what you do

New gene-based model suggests, for microbes, it s not who you are but what you do

Research

Student Stories

Video: To study fish, you have to catch them first

Discovering the Chesapeake: Videos about our Bay research

Professors look to strengthen United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals

Bay Basics: Oysters

Aboard R/V Rachel Carson with her crew of two

Flight of the rockfish: What migration taught us about Maryland's state fish

Chasing the mystery behind bioluminescence in Puerto Rico

Bat scientists seek answers on emerging disease

Loss of summer ice raises questions about changing Arctic

Southern Coastal Systems ecosystem health workshop

Greater Everglades region ecosystem health workshop

Lake Okeechobee ecosystem health workshop

Northern Estuaries ecosystem health workshop

Maritime Environmental Resource Center ends certification testing of ballast water management systems

MERC ends certification testing of ballast water management systems

Defining Report Card Indicator Thresholds to Achieve Healthy Outcomes

Belmont Forum Plenary Meetings in Sao Paulo, Brazil

IAN makes a splash at CERF 2017

Ecological Drought in the Southwest United States

Video & Blog highlights

Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative presents at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum

Controlling mosquitoes with Chesapeake critters

New gene-based ocean model suggests, for microbes, it’s not who you are but what you do

Navigating in a sea of genes

New gene-based model suggests, for microbes, it's not who you are but what you do

Bill Hoping to Triple Funding for Farmers Helping Clean Chesapeake Bay

Sharing tools for stakeholder engagement and collaboration at the Chesapeake Watershed Forum

Bloom tracker

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jamie Pierson

ABS: Nearly half of ballast water systems ‘inoperable’ or ‘problematic’

Toxic algae bloom, unusual for this time of year, reported in Baltimore harbor

Easton man wins award for scientific contributions

The Belmont Forum goes to Brazil

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory honors staff

Next Generation: Matthew Spitznagel

Navigating new waters

WBOC Interview: New Report Finds Industrial Facilities Violating Pollution Permits

Washington Post Interview: Chesapeake Bay Defenders Hold Breath, Wait on Senate

New gene-based ocean model suggests, for microbes, it’s not who you are but what you do

New gene-based ocean model suggests, for microbes, it’s not who you are but what you do

Integrate, Apply and Network

Bill Dennison receives award for contributions to estuarine scientific community

Stumbling Into a New Approach

Horn Point Seminars ~ Simon Constanza

Horn Point Seminars - Andrew Elmore

Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay defenders fear ripple effect from loss of federal funds

Chesapeake Bay defenders hold breath, wait on Senate

Scientists investigate climate changes in forests

Air pollution control policies effective in improving air quality

Chesapeake Bay surface water temperature is increasing over time

Climate change already affecting Chesapeake Bay region

Global warming leaves oceans to suffocate

Study finds human-caused global warming began earlier than expected

Donation from garden club honors Mabel Briscoe

What’s the Story in Your Report Card?

Ways to Give

Ecological Drought in the Northwest United States

Ecological Drought in the Southwest United States

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 2017 Conference

Horn Point Seminars ~ Michael Gonsior

A closer look at Poplar Island with Lorie Staver

New Report Finds Industrial Facilities Violating Pollution Permits, Harming Bay

Mercury in Maryland with Jacob Oster

12 Best islands in Maryland

Study urges global-change researchers to embrace variability

Salmo salar (atlantic salmon) eggs

Changing Perceptions of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed

Education

Horn Point Seminars ~ Giovanni Cecconi

Belmont Forum booklet

Creating a matrix for cross-goal collaborations

Deadlock in Maryland oyster restoration program lands in Annapolis

“Farmers of the Sea” Say Livelihood Dying from Midwest Ag Pollution

‘Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good’: Taking The First Steps Toward Developing a Basin Report Card

Decision over a tiny baitfish could sway the largest East Coast fishery

Future of menhaden management to be decided this week

Waterfowl Chesapeake Conservation Pavilion

De Gast Chesapeake photo exhibit expands viewers’ horizons

Bill's Belmont Forum Song

Scientists fill key role in island restoration

Clara Fuchsman

Using Poetry to Deliver an “Ignite” Style Scientific Presentation

Bill Dennison receives award for contributions to estuarine scientific community

IAN welcomes Trish Summers

IAN Strategic Plan released

Horn Point Lab Open House presents Chesapeake Bay Heroes

Video highlights

Tuul River Basin Report Card project launched in Mongolia

On the horizon

CERF Award Presentation

Subawards

Oyster restoration goal slashed in Maryland

On Thin Ice: Walruses Threatened After U.S. Declines To List As Endangered

County Collects Tons of Oyster Shells LexLeader

STEM Inspiration

State slashes oyster restoration acreage goal

Chesapeake Garden Club supports CBL professor's STEM education program

Chesapeake Garden Club supports CBL research experience for STEM students

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Past Events

Past Events

Great Barrier Reef report card

Orinoco River Basin

Mississippi River Watershed

Coastal Bays

Chesapeake Bay

Graduate Research Assistantship Opportunity

Sailing around the world: Sea Semester and Rich Wilson

My IAN

IAN within UMCES

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State of Baltimore Harbor's ecological and human health

Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Great Barrier Reef first report card

A decision-maker's guide to using science

Horn Point Open House

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Environmental Report Card Production

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IMET hosts U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae

The Baltimore Harbor Watchman initiative

The Bay's Dead Zone: A Tale of Two Hypoxic Reports

Working the night shift: scientists seek answers as bat populations change

Bat scientists seek answers on emerging disease

Chesapeake Film Festival Climate Change Program

Orinoco Basin Report Card

Summer 'dead zone' second smallest on record

Geophysicists adopt new approach to misconduct

Appalachian Lab adds two members to faculty

Horn Point Seminars ~ Katrina Lohan

IAN's First Ever Strategic Plan

Working the night shift: Scientists seek answers as bat populations change

Integration & Application Network Strategic Plan 2017-2022

WBOC Interview: Acidity Levels in Chesapeake Bay Threatening Marine Life

Bay Journal Interview: Donald Boesch's Retirement and Legacy

WBOC Interview: New Amendment Cuts EPA Regulations on Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Scientists converge to share research on harmful algae

Chesapeake Film Festival welcomes UMCES' Boesch, Boicourt as panelists

An evening with Horn Point scientists, Startup Maryland

Bat scientists seek answers on emerging disease

Evolution of the Report Cards in Brisbane: Part Two

Evolution of The Report Cards in Brisbane: Part One

Cochrane and Flockhart join Appalachian Laboratory faculty

Giving oysters a future in Chesapeake Bay

Counting the Fish in the Sea

Who's Eating Whom in the Chesapeake

Persuasive Writing Skills: A Professional Development Session with John Sturtevant

Nominees sought for environmental award

Big decision looms over little oily fish that feeds so many others

Big world, big hikes

These Maryland hunting regulations need to be changed

Chesapeake acidification may compound issues already facing bay, researchers find

Forecasting "dead zones" in Chesapeake Bay

The Twentieth Anniversary of the International Riversymposium

Trish Summers

Appalachian Laboratory seeks nominations for Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award

Laura Lapham awarded grant to help girls advance in STEM

Meet the President: Dr. Peter Goodwin

How Animals and Plants Weather Hurricanes

Maryland will consider antler point restrictions for deer hunters

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jerry Kauffman

Horn Point Seminars ~ Yantao Li

Environmental issue highlighted in 2017 film festival

Five ways to be a citizen scientist

Time to Remember Rachel Carson

Leave no shell behind

Researchers: Acidification of Chesapeake Bay a growing, unpredictable threat

Food, energy and water security for Earth’s increasing population

Bay grasses return to Solomons decades later

The Debut of the Riversymposium Club Band

Practitioner's Guide to Developing Basin Report Cards

Ecological drought in the Hawaiian Islands newsletter

Watch out: IAN just learned how to be more persuasive!

IAN at RiverSymposium 2017

IAN offers a new course for developing report card

On the Horizon

Raising the grade for sustainable agriculture

ARNOLD GIVES LECTURE FOR THE IMET REEF PROGRAM

Horn Point Open House

WHAT'S MUD GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Maryland Sues EPA, Baltimore's 'Fatberg', and a Horse Named Slurpee

'Green bulkheads' an effort to allay shoreline harm from traditional erosion protection

Appalachian Lab notes fall lineup of watershed series

CBL Holds Open House on Solomons

Horn Point Seminars ~ Cat Stylinski

Developing a vision for an integrated Darwin Harbour report card

How a FlowCytobot can help

Meet the Watchcrew

Appalachian Laboratory announces fall lineup of Watershed Moments series

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar: J. Sook Chung

Fundraising Progress

Bay grasses return to the shores of Solomons, but will they persist?

Hollywood Actress Plays Marine Biologist Rachel Carson in Solomons Performance

CBL September 26th and Learn About a Healthy Bay

EDITORIAL: Preserving Chesapeake Bay for future generations of humans—and Dolphins

New Amendment Cuts EPA Regulations on Chesapeake Bay Restoration

L'Oréal USA for Women in Science Program Announces 10 Grant Winners

Bay grasses return to the shores of Solomons, but will they persist?

What forecasting dead zones teaches us about Chesapeake Bay

Snake

Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

New grant will help plan for increase in toxic algal blooms

New research award will help resource managers plan for increase in toxic algal blooms in Chesapeake waterways

Osprey Takeoff (Pandion haliaetus)

Alewife Migration 2 (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Waves

Waves 2

The Stormy Present

White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

marsh

Fry

marsh movement

Osprey flight (Pandion haliaetus)

Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Cherry Blossoms

Flight of the rockfish: What migration taught us about Maryland's state fish

Research

State Roundup, September 15, 2017

Idaho engineer to bring fresh eyes to Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay research

End of August 2017 Hypoxia Report for Bay

UMCES chemist Michael Gonsior discusses our ‘Plastic Ocean’ at IMET

CBMM’s Fall Speaker Series begins October 18

History of oysters

Oyster Restoration

Meet the experts

Practitioner's Guide to Developing River Basin Report Cards

Faculty Research Assistant II

Oyster culture facility

Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Cleared the Air, New Model Shows

Boesch navigated Bay’s stormier days, helped put cleanup on course

Paddle with scientists in Parkers Creek

Ground broken for UMCES solar field

Horn Point Lab breaks ground on solar field

UMCES glider on mission to assist hurricane forecasting

Oysters

Walt Whitman and The Celebration of Nature

Watershed Moments: Biology and Management of White-tailed Deer in Maryland

Exploring an Ecosystem in Transition: On the Road to Flamingo II

Horn Point Seminars ~ Allison Colden

Is Maryland ready for the next big storm?

Mid-Shore foster parents gather at Horn Point Laboratory

Is Maryland ready for the next big storm? | Bradenton Herald

Horn Point Laboratory Breaks Ground on 10-Acre Solar Field

UMCES, Standard Solar break ground on 10-acre field at Cambridge campus

Horn Point Seminars ~ Heath Kelsey

Exploring an Ecosystem in Transition: The Road to Flamingo

UMCES, Standard Solar break ground on 10-acre field at Cambridge campus

Baltimore Harbor Watchman

Marsh

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Love

Alewife Migration (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Collision Course

Red Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)

American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia)

Sunset Marsh

Osprey 1 (Pandion haliaetus)

Osprey 2 (Pandion haliaetus)

Work Boat

Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) 2

Chinese Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia) 3

Horn Point Laboratory breaks ground on 10-acre solar field with Standard Solar

Everglades regional workshops following Everglades newsletter

IAN and WWF release "Using indicators for improved water resources management: Guide for basin managers and practitioners"

IAN and UMCES staff engage stakeholders at Tennessee River Basin Network meeting

IAN starts a project on the Tuul River in Mongolia

On the horizon

IAN offers new course for developing report cards

Wake

Spiderweb

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Egret (Egretta thula)

Great Egret (Egretta thula)

Footsteps in the sand

Flatfish

Fish Family

Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Bottom Trawl

What Makes a Good Data Visualization?

Second Conowingo Dam Summit – Cleaning Up the Bay

Researchers look into acidification in Chesapeake Bay

Scientists on the trail of a soft-crab killer

Keeping an eye on ocean acidification in Chesapeake Bay

Science in the First Person: Greg Silsbe on using drones to study water quality

Annie Carew

Using indicators for improved water resources management

Ecological Drought in the Hawaiian Islands

Horn Point Seminars ~ Kurt Florez

Horn Point to break ground on solar field

Fall 2017 Watershed Moments Community Learning Series-Lab After Hours

Fall 2017 Watershed Moments Community Learning Series- Eyler

National Estuaries Week Guided Canoe Trip

Billion Oyster Conference and New York City Part 2: Shifting Baselines in America

Could Harvey-size storm hit Chesapeake region?

Sunshine, Scientists, and the Everglades Southern Coastal Systems

Acid Zone in Chesapeake Bay Identified

Horn Point Seminars ~ Michele Burford

Acid zone in Chesapeake Bay identified

Strip Mining Science: Trump Administration Stops Mining Health Study

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Eric Schott

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Andrew Elmore

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar System: Yantao Li

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Michael Gonsior

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Debjani Sihi

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Cat Stylinski

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Jennifer Murrow

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Andrew Landsman

Researchers identify zone of increasing acidity in Chesapeake Bay

Researchers eye on acidification in Chesapeake Bay

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Brian Eyler

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Jon Dollow and Matt Baker

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Denise Devotta

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Tanya Renner

Fall 2017 Visiting Scholars Seminar Series: Victoria Chanse

Sunday was a day for dolphins

'Dead zone' better than predicted in early August

Trump’s Coal Promises Go Unkept

Fishing for answers on oyster restoration in Talbot waters

Trump administration halted a study of mountaintop coal mining’s health effects

Next Generation: Stephanie Siemek

Talking about the Tennessee River in Chattanooga: Part 2

August Report of Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia

Oyster shell recycling available at Rock Hall

Report: Bay Dead Zone Better than Average this Month

Government Halts Study of Coal Surface Mining’s Health Effects

CBMM's Fall Speaker Series begins Oct. 18

Red/Blue and Peer Review

IMET hosts free screening of "A Plastic Ocean"

Talking about the Tennessee River report card in Chattanooga: Part 1

Podcasts & Radio

Why did the racoon cross under the road?

Appalachian Laboratory presents annual Johnson Award

Research Vessel Rachel Carson

Celebrating President Don Boesch

2017 UMCES commencement

Horn Point celebrates 2017 Chesapeake Champion

Tagging black sea bass

Tracking dolphins the the Chesapeake Bay

Discovering the Chesapeake with Jake Hagedorn & Joel Bostic

Flesh-Eaters: 5 Cannibalistic Animals

Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay: Unusual, or No Big Deal?

2017-18 Wilson H. Elkins Professorships to Support Diversity in Marine Sciences, Vision Research, Education, and Open Educational Resources

Pruitt: EPA will review 'politicized' climate science report

Tracking dolphins in Chesapeake Bay

Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay: Unusual, or No Big Deal?

Help U.Md. researchers track dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Researchers finding more dolphins than expected in lower Chesapeake Bay

More Dolphin Sightings In The Chesapeake Could Be A Sign Of Bay’s Health

Dolphin-spotting: the next big Chesapeake pastime?

Researchers need your help to study dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Citizen science helps Dr. Bailey track dolphins in Chesapeake Bay

Erika Koontz

Bromeliad growing on pond apple tree

White Ibis in the Everglades, Florida

Brown anole lizard

Water lilies

White Ibis

Juvenile black-crowned night heron

Southern two-striped walkingstick

Florida Gar

Pa-hay-okee Trail

Pond apple tree

Alligator in the Everglades

White Ibis in the Everglades

White Ibis fishing

Everglades Royal Palm

Eric Davidson rides to raise climate awareness and funds for graduate students

The Road to Rio – The Release of the Guanabara Bay Report Card

UMCES Laboratory Safety

Making Environmental Science Effective

Ballast Water Invasive Species: The Science of Environmental Regulations

The Science Behind Sustainable Seafood

Drug Discovery from the Marine Environment

Economic Benefits of a Healthy Chesapeake Bay

Mark Cochrane

"Whirling Disease" and Environmental Responsibility

Dolphins in Chesapeake Bay: Unusual, or no big deal?

As oyster planting season ends, debate over Maryland's beloved bivalve continues

Horn Point scientists share their stories on Cambridge radio

Pilot Project planned to Dredge Conowingo Dam Sediments by Tim Wheeler

Dolphin sightings rising in the Chesapeake Bay

Hogan launches pilot program to dredge dam

A dam could derail the Chesapeake Bay cleanup (Washington Post)

A Sense of Wonder: The Life and Works of Rachel Carson

More monarch butterflies flutter about, but your help is still needed

Campus Facilities

Horn Point scientists share their stories on Cambridge radio

Discovering the Chesapeake with Jeremy Testa

Red/Blue and Peer Review

Pipeline protests

Researchers to Study New Riparian Buffer Strategy

History shows that stacking federal science advisory committees doesn’t work

40 grants awarded for livestock, fish production research

More than $1 Million announced by Chesapeake Bay Trust to fund stream restoration

What makes a port city iconic?

Citizen science helps Dr. Bailey track dolphins in Chesapeake Bay

IAN welcomes Kevin Asplen

Charleston Harbor project newsletter released

IAN welcomes Claire Sbardella

Guanabara Bay gets D in first report card!

Video & Blog highlights

Environmental literacy of the Tuul River, Mongolia

Candidate Seminar ~ Dr. Jacob Cram

Horn Point Seminars ~ Adriane Michaelis

Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Report Good News

To study fish, you have to catch them first

Congressional briefing on pesticides toxic to bees, birds, and other wildlife

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Receives Gift from Local Sportfishing Assoc

Scholarships awarded by Friends of Blackwater

My CBL

The Billion Oyster Conference and New York City: Part 1

Congressional briefing on pesticides toxic to bees, birds, and other wildlife

Early July 2017 Hypoxia Report

Weltweiter Stickstoff-Ausstoß hat kritisches Ausmaß erreicht

Six Recipients Receive over $1 Million for Restoration

Scholarships awarded by Friends of Blackwater

Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association supports fisheries research

Baía de Guanabara leva ‘bomba’

Scientists examine black sea bass ahead of offshore turbine project

REEF program exposes students to business side of science

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 3

Here�s why stacking federal science advisory committees with climate deniers will never work

Dolphin-spotting: the next big Chesapeake pastime?

Outbreak of toxic Pfiesteria in 1997 hurt many — but boosted Chesapeake cleanup

Here’s why stacking federal science advisory committees with climate deniers will never work

History shows that stacking federal science advisory committees doesn't work

Rock solid: Oysters Abound on Restored Reefs in Harris Creek

Reel Report: The heat is on

Researchers receive USDA grant to study new riparian buffer strategy

Op-Ed: The Good and Bad News on Oyster Restoration by CBF’s Tom Zolper

How Policy and Funding Changes May Impact Water Quality Programs

9th US Symposium on Harmful Algae at IMET

Guanabara Bay watershed, under stress, earns D grade

First Guanabara Bay environmental health report card shows watershed under stress

First Guanabara Bay environmental health report card shows watershed under stress

Guanabara Bay Report Card

Boletim de Saúde Ambiental da Baía de Guanabara

The Development Process and Methods for the Guanabara Bay Report Card

Candidate Seminar ~ Dr. Julie Dinasquet

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 2

Horn Point Seminars ~ Jim Brighton

HPL-Small Boat Experience Questionnaire

In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 1

Bill Dennison awarded for excellence in coastal and estuarine management

Oysters Making Themselves At Home On Reefs Of Concrete, Granite

Plan to put wastewater into 2 MD trout streams raises heated debate

Bay journal – article_ hogan vetoes renewable energy bill, lets pesticide curb, oyster study become law

Terence Smith: Cap'n Jack charted the Chesapeake -- but where are his crosses?

Harris Creek "promising," but at what cost?

Late June 2017 Hypoxia Report

Stickstoff als lebenswichtige Komponente und als Umweltrisiko

Mid-Shore IWL awards scholarships

Low Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

Benjamin S. Wechsler named Chairman of Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Trustees

Michael Kemp's Retirement Party

Horn Point Seminars

Jane Hawkey, the Integration and Application Network ‘Closer’ retiring

CBL FORMS

NOAA, USGS and partners predict larger summer ‘dead zone’ for Chesapeake Bay

Our say: Market House: Can city finally get it right?

Lots of Dolphin in the Bay this Season

VIMS' new forecast tool can help anglers find good fishing

Help a Scientist: see a dolphin in the Bay? Report it online!

Kevin Asplen

Ecological drought in the United States - synthesis workshop

Ecoforecasting paper published in Bioscience

Submerged aquatic vegetation synthesis published in Bioscience

Setting the course for sustainability with Ecosystem Health Report Cards course

Blog highlights

The University of Md. Center for Environmental Science is Getting a New President

Chesapeake Bay dolphin tracker helping University of Maryland researchers - Story | WTTG

Help U.Md. researchers track dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

Goodwin Appointed President Of Univ. Of Maryland's Environmental Science Ctr.

Miura BWMS gets closer to USCG type approval

Don Boesch, the Coastal Scholar, steps down after 27 years

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory scientist pens children's book on leatherback turtles

Kurt Florez

Peter Goodwin named president of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Science in the First Person

Peter Goodwin, Ph.D. named president of University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Biscayne Bay Marine Health Inaugural Summit

Research shows protein on native grasslands in decline

VIMS' new dead zone forecast tool can help anglers find good fishing

Why cut a $73 million program that provides billions in benefits?

“Discovering the Chesapeake” YouTube series featuring Bay scientists continues throughout July

Dolphins return to the Bay

Next Generation: Sam Major on biofuels derived from microalgae

Developing environmental intelligence through environmental literacy and citizen science

Candidate Seminar ~ Dr. Kai Ziervogel

IMET's Rose Jagus awarded Elkins Professorship

Why cut a $73M bay program that provides billions in benefits?

UMCES offers weekly YouTube series

MD, VA move to trim Bay crab harvest

Trump’s budget cuts wide and deep swath through Bay-related programs

Discovering the Chesapeake with Victoria Coles

Discovering the Chesapeake with Melanie Jackson

Discovering the Chesapeake with Sairah Malkin

Discovering the Chesapeake with Allen Place

Discovering the Chesapeake with Raleigh Hood & Jacqueline Tay

Help scientists track dolphins in Chesapeake Bay

NY Harbor- Billion Oyster Project

“Discovering the Chesapeake” YouTube series featuring Bay scientists continues throughout July

Aboard R/V Rachel Carson with her crew of two

Science in the First Person: Raleigh Hood on jellyfish abundance

Help scientists track dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay

More Dolphin Sightings In The Chesapeake Could Be A Sign Of Bay’s Health

Sharing Water event in Washington, D.C.

Pomacea bridgesii (Apple Snail)

Rostrhamus sociabilis (Snail Kite)

Mycteria americana (Wood Stork)

Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill)

Drepanis coccinea (Scarlet Honeycreeper)

Série de Webinários para a Baía de Guanabara

Guanabara Bay Webinar Series

Jim Brighton honored as Chesapeake Champion

DNR: Georgia Coast ecosystem makes the grade

Dolphin encounters becoming increasingly common

Early June 2017 Hypoxia Report

Researchers explore whether cancer cures are living on seafloor (June 19, 2017)

Annual IAN Retreat at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

Nanticoke Watershed Alliance’s Monitoring Program Reaches Highest Distinction

Meet the Author of The Grande Turtle Adventure

Meet the Author of The Grande Turtle Adventure

Meet the Author of The Grande Turtle Adventure

Horn Point Seminar with Eric Buehl

Three Gorges Dam Visit

Adding value to “Network” in IAN: Exploring the potential uses of Social Network Analysis

Wade-in moves to Charlestown for 8th year

Bohemia River earns B on report card

State Roundup, June 16, 2017

Larger Bay 'dead zone' likely this summer

More Dolphins Than Expected Found In Lower Chesapeake Bay

Bay ‘Dead Zone’ Expected To Be Bigger This Summer Due To Heavy Rains In Pa., N.Y.

Dead zone size in bay is expected to be larger than average

WWF and UMCES Retreat 24-25 May 2017

Assessing bacterial levels in Charleston Harbor

UMCES welcomes first France-Merrick Foundation Professor of Sustainable Ecosystem Restoration

Larger summer ‘dead zone’ predicted for Chesapeake Bay

Larger summer ‘dead zone’ predicted for Chesapeake Bay

“The most livable city in America”

2017 Summer Forecast

Candidate Seminar: Cara Fiore

Qian Zhang wins national award for research on Chesapeake Bay (UMCES)

Conowingo Dam traps less sediment, a challenge to Bay restoration (Maryland Sea Grant)

A Bay in a box: How scientific findings could help a computer model keep the Chesapeake Bay on its pollution diet (Chesapeake Quarterly)

Discover the Chesapeake Bay this Summer with Scientists from UMCES

Finalizing the Guanabara Bay Report Card

Research shows protein on U.S. native grasslands in decline

State Roundup, June 9, 2017

Hogan, EPA express support for the bay; But fight to preserve funding for cleanup is ; far from over or settled

Researchers finding more dolphins than expected in lower Chesapeake Bay

Trump Said to Mull Combining Agencies Separated After Gulf Oil Spill

Chesapeake and Guanabara Bays Partnership

More lessons on how to synthesize science

UMCES presents at Bay executive council meeting; President Boesch receives governor's citation

President Boesch earns governors' citation for work in Chesapeake Bay

Science literacy: the role of conceptual models in the Next Generation Science Standards

IAN shows support for collaborative public science

Annual IAN staff retreat at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

IAN and WWF name their partnership "Healthy Rivers for All"

Blog highlights

Yangtze River tributaries likely site for future report cards in China

EcoCheck

SAV SYN One Last Time

UMCES celebrates Don Boesch's 27 years as president

Horn Point Seminars

Assessing bacteria in South Carolina: redesigning the "How's the Beach?" app

Apresentações

Presentations

Baía Guanabara

Boletim de Saúde Ambiental da Baía de Guanabara

Guanabara Bay Report Card

Guanabara Bay

Dolphin sightings in the Bay

About our team

"Up close and personal" Community engagement at the Citizen Science conference (part 2)

Discover the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed this summer with UMCES scientists

Chasing the mystery behind bioluminescence in Puerto Rico

Editor's notebook: Bay funding no luxury

Why investment in science pays

"In this room, it’s playtime!" Creative inspiration at the Citizen Science conference (part 1)

Progressing toward a Report Card for the Gulf of Mexico

Advocates look to the Great Lakes to help save Chesapeake Bay funding

Horn Point Seminars

Bay Ecosystem: Fishery Managers Consider Cuts in Bay Crab Harvest

Senator Bernie Fowler's 30th Annual Patuxent River Wade In

Advocates look to the Great Lakes to help save Chesapeake Bay funding

SCeMFiS Announces $200,000 for Fisheries Management Research on Mammals, Menhaden, Ocean Quahogs, Surf Clams

Bay Advocates Fear Federal Cuts Could Jeopardize Progress

People’s Climate March

Candidate Seminar: Matthew Saxton

Alumni Profile: Aaron Watson

UMCES scientists discover source of deep ocean color

Alumni Profile: Aimee Hoover

Scoping a report card for the Yangtze River basin, China.

Workshop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - July 2014

Partnership, Guanabara and Chesapeake Bays

Cat Stylinski wins President's Award

Guanabara ~ Photos

Don Boesch Legacy Celebration

How can long-lived organisms adapt to a changing environment?

So you think you can couple systems? Reviewing our research proposals

Scientists begin to unlock secrets of deep ocean color from organic matter

President Boesch's charge to 2017 graduates

Workshop in Baltimore, Maryland - July 2013

UMCES celebrates new class of graduates

2017 Commencement

UMCES Commencement 2017

Tell a compelling story: Talking about science communication to landscape ecologists in Baltimore

Three UMCES graduates earn Knauss Fellowships through Maryland Sea Grant

What are these data trying to tell us?

Candidate Seminar: Clara Fuchsman

How to give a good briefing

generic fish

copepod2

Forests, floods, and fisheries… Houston, do we have a problem here?

Speakers Bureau

Report: Chesapeake Bay health improves, but long way to go

Chesapeake’s health has room to improve; experts share ways to help

Chesapeake Bay report card shows improvements

8 things you need to know this morning

Chesapeake Bay report card released in Baltimore

Graduate students take lessons to Bay for plankton research cruise

Bay health gained slightly in 2016, assessment finds

Chesapeake’s health has room to improve; experts share ways to help

Bay health gets 'C' in 2016

Linda Rimel May Honored for Excellence in Mathematics Education & Software Engineering

Report: Chesapeake Bay health improves

Kenny Rose

IAN traveled to Florida for the kickoff workshop for the Everglades Report Card and System Status Report

Jane Thomas is heading Down Under

Video & Blog Highlights

IAN creates tidal water quality factsheets for volunteer monitors

Chesapeake Bay receives a score of C in 2017

2016 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Chesapeake Bay Report Card shows steady recovery

Chesapeake Bay Report Card shows steady recovery

Chesapeake Bay Report Card shows steady Bay health recovery

Scientists Track Porpoises to Assess Impact of Offshore Wind Farms

http://foxbaltimore.com/morning/imet

Oysters, despite what you’ve heard, are always in season

Oysters, despite what you've heard, are always in season

UMCES scientists help track porpoises to measure impact of offshore wind farms

Scientists track porpoises to assess impact of offshore wind farms

Sea Grant sustains many marine jobs, but faces uncertain future

Sea Grant, which sustains more than 20,000 marine jobs, faces uncertain future

Melanie Jackson Joins Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy Board of Directors

Chesapeake Bay Funding, Cut By Trump, Restored By Congress

Exploring Everglades ecosystem health

Life after graduate school: It’s time to celebrate! Jump-start your career by celebrating your achievements and starting early

Could NC's fisheries management see biggest change in decades?

Images from the Front Lines Defending Science by Horn Point Lab’s Diane Stoecker

Brighton named 2017 Chesapeake Champion

“Foraging in the Chesapeake Bay”

Assertions about menhaden population were a bit fishy

Seeding project near Key Bridge in Baltimore offers oysters ‘a second chance’

Scientists investigate climate changes in forests

Wanted - Single natural system seeks industrious human system from which to couple

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology invites public to Open House, Saturday, May 6

Narrative literacy for science communication

IMET hosts inaugural Open House

Leonardo da Vinci's scientific visualizations: 'Saper verdere' or knowing how to see

Making the Grade

Dogfish, farmland and toast – what’s culture got to do with them?

NPS: GATE Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Marching for Science in Washington, D.C.

Raising the Grade: Patuxent & Chesapeake Bay Report Cards

International 'March for Science' Called Unprecedented by Organizers

2016 Mid-Shore rivers report card released

Tens of Thousands Protest 'Alternative Facts' at March for Science

Survey Finds Bay Crab Population Strong with Record Number Of Females

Jane Thomas, Science Communicator Extraordinaire, heading Down Under

IMET hosts inaugural Open House

GP-IMPACT: Pathways TO RENEW: Tropical Oceanography Research Experiences for the Next-Generation Workforce

Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Mill Creek Estuary and Calvert Creeks.

Tracking Septic System Performance by using Innovative Mass Spectrometric Approaches and Traditional Nutrient Measurements.

Quantifying changes to nutrient cycling and nitrogen removal in an estuary as a consequence of aeration

Ecosystem restoration of Cove Point freshwater marsh

Why does science matter? UMCES scientists weigh in

Mario Tamburri receives USM Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Public Service

Why I March

Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink, unless something is done: How science is used in legal cases to improve the environment

Entangled with the natural world: Nature seen through culture’s eyes

When collaborative resistance is good

Appalachian Lab conducting community survey

Appalachian Laboratory presents annual Johnson Award to Dr. Charles Hager

Mario Tamburri receives highest university award

Appalachian Laboratory honors environmental champion Dr. Chuck Hager

Creating quality spaces of scientific synthesis

Tidal water quality indicator factsheets

CBL Presented “A Plastic Ocean Film Screening”

The Economic Case for the Chesapeake Bay

Evergreen educator earns state award

When collaborative resistance is good

Tred Avon sanctuary work starts again Monday

University’s Environmental Science Center Inks Solar Agreement

Building Dinosaurs

Faculty Series: Pat Glibert

Evolving ecosystem health report cards to address issues of scale, acceptance, engagement, and behavior change

Qian Zhang wins national award for research on Chesapeake Bay

Journalists and scientists: Forever at odds, or a perfect pairing?

HPL Pavilion (UMCES EMPLOYEES)

To get the grade: Collaborate! Stakeholder engagement and the missing link between research and action

10 Acres of Solar Planned at UM Center for Environmental Science

New documentary to show plastic pollution in ocean, beyond

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society meeting at St. Mary's College of Maryland

CBL Presents Science for Citizens

GreenLaurel: Four Ways Climate Change Is Affecting Baltimore Today

New documentary to show plastic pollution in ocean, beyond

Solomons lab reports tidal creek water quality on slow decline

Navigating the USCG type-approval maze

UMCES commits to generating solar energy

UMCES commits to generating solar energy on Horn Point campus

WORK ORDER ~ IT

WORK ORDER ~ FACILITIES / MAINTENANCE

Which one leads to a green future: Scientists’ effort or deniers’ gamble?

Countdown to elevator pitch 3…2…1 “GO”

New fund supports students, research in Don Boesch's honor

IAN welcomes Aera Hoffman

IAN completes first annual report: IAN Report Card 2015

IAN's Annapolis office will host Open House

On the Horizon

New synthesis booklet for coastal Louisiana released

Researchers and stakeholders address coastal vulnerability and freshwater security, a Belmont forum synthesis document

Climate change already affecting Chesapeake Bay region

Biological oceanography class tours Poplar Island

Co-development of the Belmont Forum synthesis document

Oyster sanctuary-related bill passes legislature

Research shows significant ways climate already has changed for the Chesapeake

Maryland Lawmakers Make Opposition to Chesapeake Bay Program's Potential Funding Crisis

Climate change reveals itself through shifts in Maryland weather

Carbon Calculation

Climate change reveals itself through shifts in Maryland weather

Turning the report card spotlight back on ourselves: The first Integration and Application Network report card

Light City Festival Returns to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

Research shows significant ways climate already has changed for the Chesapeake

Lawmakers OK oyster sanctuary restrictions

Five signs of resilience in Chesapeake Bay health - Chesapeake Bay Program

Light Up Your Sustainability at GreenLab@LightCity

Dr. Roman talks effects of climate change, sea level rise

Researchers and stakeholders address coastal vulnerability and freshwater security

The Water Institute of the Gulf: Creation of conceptual diagrams

The Water Institute of the Gulf: Creation of a synthesis report

UMCES' Michael Gonsior sees scope of plastic pollution on Pacific Ocean cruise

Seqwater: Development of Dam and River Conceptual Diagrams

Inter-American Development Bank: Facilitate the Partnership Between Chesapeake Bay and Guanabara Bay to Enhance and Accelerate Restoration

Cover story and featured article in The Plant Journal

Cultures Magazine - Algae biofuel and bioremediation work

The real art of the deal: Lessons in effective science advising

A Serious Warning from Horn Point Lab: Director Mike Roman Talks of Trump and Sea Levels

Oyster sanctuary, study bill moves through legislature

Faculty Series: Dan Satterfield

Faculty Series: Byron Kilbourne

“This is your shield… this is your estuary” Building community and coastal resilience to a changing Louisiana coastline through restoration of key ecosystem functions

Economic and Ecological Services for Turfgrass Suitability Evaluations

Directions to Horn Point Lab

Mediated realities and fish eyebrows: how we can effectively communicate science

Practical visual literacy for science communication

A grade report for turfgrasses suitable for Maryland right-of-ways

IAN Report Card 2015

"A Plastic Ocean" evening film screening

Celebrating the life of Erica Herling Kropp (1950-2016)

As crab season opens, some watermen hope for new rules to bolster harvest

Trump Wants Deep Cuts in Environmental Monitoring

EPALAB Geiger Nuclear Radiation Detector For iOS iPhone Android Phone Goes on Sale in United States

Lack of Staffing, Funds Prevent Marine Protected Areas from Realizing Full Potential

Glassboro alumni to be honored | Bob Shryock column

UMCES' female scientists share stories of inspiration

Exploring Hawaii: arid zone ecology, vog and volcanoes

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook Salmon): adult

Report cards and system dynamics modelling

Moana Revisited

Hawaii ecodrought workshop; trade wind invasions, ridge to reef, endemic species

Women in science share stories of inspiration

The first thing people ask: Where is Guam, anyway?

Climate change: an explanation of the evidence

Trump bid to axe Bay restoration funding draws fire

Trump slashes federal Bay funding in proposed budget

Trump Proposes Cutting EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program

Trump budget would cut all federal cleanup funds for Chesapeake Bay

Watershed Moments - Maryland Geological Survey Presentations

NOAA: Statistical Hypoxia Models & Forecast in the Gulf of Mexico & Chesapeake Bay

A symposium for Maryland’s oyster industry: Innovative ideas from around the country

Trump's Budget Would Cut EPA Funding By 31% -Update

Trump's proposed budget could critically undermine efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay

Don’t Trump the Chesapeake Bay’s progress

CRA, others advocate against oyster harvesting proposal

MRC to host State of the Rivers party, release report card

You’ve got to crack a few eggs to make an omelet: Balancing differing worldviews and appealing to stakeholders in environmental management

DolphinWatch

William Nardin

Mike Santangelo

Fresh fruit, virtual land, and conference ribbons: what can we learn from a network perspective?

NSF FastLane ID Request

Proposals through the USM Foundation

Uniform Guidance Agency Links

Changes in the Uniform Guidance

Uniform Guidance External Resources

Uniform Guidance

Facilities & Administrative Costs

Talking about Transdisciplinary research in Paris

Research Professor

Meet Saipan, one of America’s forgotten territories

Scientists predict whale paths to reduce collision risks with large ships

Tell your legislators you support efforts to clean up water, Bay

Walter Boynton to Present Observations on the Bay at State of the Rivers Party

Scientists: NOAA cuts would harm coastal areas

Opportunity: President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (May 1)

Deemed Exports

Export Control Activities

Export Control Licenses and Exclusions

"Use" and Export Control

Importance of Export Control

Request a Visitor Parking Spot

Export Control Basics

Export Control

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Chesapeake Bay 'dead zone' to vary from average to slightly smaller

Expanding my conference horizons

In March 2016, a deadly sequence of events results in a record fish kill in Indian River Lagoon

Chesapeake Bay Program's Creative Team hosts WebStock 2016

Video & Blog Highlights

First semester-long course in Science Visualization completed

Chesapeake Bay receives a score of C in 2016

Quão rápido pode se criar e completar uma newsletter? No Rio, você só tem até amanhã!

Orinoco River Basin values

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Underwater grass beds have ability to protect and maintain their own health

How fast can you create and complete a newsletter? In Rio, you only have until tomorrow!

WebStock 2016 Brings Chesapeake Bay Program Partners into the Creative Process

Massive Algal Bloom Leads to Record Fish Kill

Bem vindo ao Rio! O primeiro workshop com as partes interessadas da Baía de Guanabara

Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier honored with President’s Award for Science Application

Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier honored with President’s Award for Science Application

Chesapeake Bay health improves in 2015

2015 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Welcome to Rio! The Guanabara Bay first stakeholder workshop

UMCES graduates next generation of science leaders

The praxis of science visualization

Video & Blog Highlights

On the Horizon

Guanabara Bay report card initiated

Ecological drought in the North Central United States

Completion of 11 Natural Resource Condition Assessments for the National Capital Region Network

Advancing the Gulf of Mexico Report Card in Mexico and integrating human well-being

Talking report cards in Kratie, Cambodia

Mission Aransas Pilot Project

Johnson Award and Event Corporate Sponsors

UMCES Appalachian Lab Celebrates Johnson Award’s 25th Anniversary and Honors Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition at April 28 Event

UMCES Appalachian Laboratory Hosts Celebrated Glaciologist Dr. Richard Alley

The great equalizer: Using the web to communicate science

IAN participates in Coastal Resilience Meeting at University of Tabasco in Villahermosa, Mexico

Biodiversity Hot Spot

Marine Access Limited

Volunteer

Tourism

Shrimp Fishery

Shellfish Fishery

Oil Derrick

Flooding

Fishery

Ecotourism

Cold Front

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Fertilizer ban icon

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Water: septic truck icon

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Information spectrum for ecosystem report cards

Energy: renewable energy icon

Hourglass

The NOAA Coral Reef Report Card - Reflections on the report card process

A deadly sequence of events in Florida

Avaliando a saúde da Baía de Guanabara e sua Bacia Hidrográfica

Assessing the health of Guanabara Bay and its river basins

Powell Tate’s Joe Farren joins Board of Visitors

Let's get in line, with InDesign!

How to organize and run short, productive and fun scientific workshops

National Capital Parks-East Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Workshop on ecological drought with the South Central Climate Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma

UMCES Appalachian Lab Hosts Annual Open House on May 7th

2015 Chester River Report Card

Designing Posters that POP!

Killdeer egg

WWF-UMCES Retreats Poetry

Ecological Drought in the North Central United States

A unique partnership between World Wildlife Fund and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Russell Hill receives Regents Award for Mentoring

Russell Hill receives Regents Award for Mentoring

Gather ‘round folks, it’s story time!

OysterFutures project underway

A Look Inside New York Harbor poster released for classroom use

Video & Blog Highlights

On the Horizon

IAN kicks off collaboration with Cambodian Ministry of Environment on Mekong Flooded Forest Landscape Report Card

Texas coast pilot project workshop creates EcoHealth Metrics

How to create conceptual cross-section diagrams

Oklahoma Song Book

Tips for great photos and videos

A tour of the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma during an extreme weather day

Conference on New Ideas to Accelerate Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Kelly Pearce Presented Outstanding Wildlife Student Award By The Wildlife Society

A great pot does not necessarily make a great dinner: photography techniques to take your science communication to the next level.

UMCES granted accreditation by Middle States Commission

EcoHealth Matrix Songbook

A new style of conceptual cross section diagrams developed for New York Harbor

2016 Appalachian Laboratory Open House

Maps: The Promise of Exploration

A Look Inside New York Harbor

Watermen, citizens, and government stakeholders meet to discuss the future of oysters in the Choptank and Little Choptank Rivers

OysterFutures project kicks off discussions about fishing and restoration

Environmental literacy of the Texas coastline

EcoHealth Metrics for the Texas Coast Workshop

Horn Point Lab offers 'Chesapeake Bay 101' science seminar for non-scientists

Scientists track down origin of bats killed by wind turbines using chemical fingerprints

Scientists track down origin of bats killed by wind turbines using chemical fingerprints

How environmental report cards can democratize science

Combining visuals with narrative for effective science communication

Using report cards to get the synoptic big picture: An astronaut's view

Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition To Receive Appalachian Lab’s Johnson Environmental Education Award

Maps should tell a story

Orinoco River Report Card Highlighted in World Wildlife Magazine

New Science Visualization course

Blog Highlights

Natural Resource Condition Assessment for George Washington Memorial Parkway

Laguna de Bay Ecosystem Health Report Card, the first in the Philippines, was launched

On the Horizon

Determining what makes a good environmental champion

Data visualization: Feng shui for your charts, graphs, and plots

George Washington Memorial Parkway Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Developing a report card for the Integration and Application Network

Evolution’s hero vs. a historical footnote: A new Narrative Index sheds light on Darwin vs. Wallace

Nobody gets it right the first time

Nadie lo hace correcto la primera vez (Nobody gets it right the first time)

4 ways sea level rise and climate change are reshaping the coast

Laying the groundwork: The science behind the decision-making

Bernie Fowler Honored by Maryland State House and Senate

Talking with graduate students about how to get a job

Just Right: Goldilocks and conceptual diagrams

Developing a strategy for Long Island Sound embayment report cards

Indian River Lagoon: Environmental Literacy

HPL: Conowingo Impact Research

Evergreen founder Janice Keene joins UMCES Board of Visitors

Evergreen founder Janice Keene joins UMCES Board of Visitors

A picture is worth a thousand words… but what about a conceptual diagram?

Engaged participants made the Indian River Lagoon Report Card workshop a pleasure to facilitate!

Cleaner air may be driving improvements in Chesapeake Bay water quality

Helping Local Planners Improve the Quality of Coastal Bays

Laguna De Bay: 2013 Ecosystem Health Report Card

IAN welcomes Ben Wahle

On the Horizon

Video Highlights

Indian River Lagoon Report Card Workshop held in Palm Bay, Florida

Behavior change survey finds interesting results throughout Maryland

IAN offers new science communication course

In and around the Indian River Lagoon

Going from "Aha!" to "Well, Duh" in the Great Barrier Reef, with beer coasters and Burdekin Gold

Blue Crabs & Climate Connections

Hadley McIntosh Receives Anchor QEA, LLC Scholarship

Using Conceptionary to initiate discussion on barriers for implementing report cards

Fish facing warmer waters

George Washington Bridge Transect

Midtown Manhattan Transect

Statue of Liberty Transect

Verrazano Bridge Transect

Over the river and through the woods to release the Upper Potomac Headwaters Report Card, we go!

There’s a track winding back to Stung Treng, Cambodia

The importance of narrative in science communication

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2014

Blog Highlights

Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and Prince William Forest Park

Upper Potomac Headwaters Report Card released

IAN welcomes Kristin Saunders

On the Horizon...

Randy Olson’s new book: “Houston, We Have a Narrative”

Conceptual Diagramming with the Integration and Application Network

Rhyothemis graphiptera (Banded Flutterer)

Behavior Change Project Results

Integration and Application Network in 2015: The year in review

From the mountains to the prairies—discussing ecological drought in the North Central United States

CBL Scientists Study Effects of Fall Storms and Wind on Bay’s “Metabolism”

Graduate of Distinction Award Presented to Dr. Jeremy Testa

Viewing data on a VisWall and in an immersive dome in Fort Collins, Colorado

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Prince William Forest Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

NAS Gulf Research Program Awards $504,000 grant to Horn Point Laboratory to study impact of oil spills on marine life

Upper Potomac Headwaters Report Card 2015

Pollution control policies effective in improving downwind air quality

Air pollutions control policies effective in improving downwind air quality

Know the connection, know your coast: Coastal Georgia's first ecosystem report card

2014 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

State of Maryland: Chesapeake Bay Health Stories

Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa)

America's Watershed Initiative Report Card for the Mississippi River

Coastal Georgia gets a B+ in first ever report card

Guaviare River Report Card workshop - Colombia

IAN welcomes David Yayac

Willamette River Report Card released

Video & Blog Highlights

Ecological Drought in Alaska

2015 Willamette River Report Card

Integrate your data into a watershed-wide project

Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey)

Coastal Estuarine Research Federation Conference in Portland, Oregon

Hungry planet requires more efficient use of nitrogen

UMCES leads in campus commitment to climate change action

UMCES leads in commitment to action on climate change

UMCES appoints new Vice President for Administration

UMCES appoints new Vice President for Administration

Modern cave drawings and story-telling using PowerPoint

Developing a report card for the Florida Reef Tract

Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card

Blog Highlights

Mississippi River report card released

Bita River report card workshop held in Colombia

IAN hosts MEES Colloquium in Annapolis, MD

Great Barrier Reef report card released in Australia

Coastal wetlands will become less resilient

A look at the "Earth in Perspective" with Ricky Arnold

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Flats in Autumn

Peach Blossom Power Plant in Autumn

Still Pond in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

The Susquehanna in Autumn

The Susquehanna in Autumn

Holtwood Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

Conowingo Dam in Autumn

MEES goes to Annapolis

Human Dimension in the Arctic coastal zone

Willamette River Report Card 2015

Studying the travels of marine mammals may influence the construction of offshore wind power

The Mississippi River Watershed Report Card is released

Get the grade - Worldwide WWF-IAN partnership launches in Stockholm

Discussing ecological drought and climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska

Lessons learned during the Long Island Sound report card process

Guaviare River Report Card Workshop

Report card of the Guaviare River Basin, Colombia

Reporte de Salud de la Cuenca del río Guaviare, Colombia

Mississippi River Watershed Report Card

What’s happening on the CBL Research Pier? FlexEl, LLC’s Deploys Underwater Reserve Batteries

Testing our Assumptions: CBL Scientists seek to improve historic climate records

Will Ocean Acidification Create “Super Crabs” in Bay? Maybe Not

White House highlights Arctic research with a local connection

Welcome to CBL’s New Students!

Congratulations to CBL’s Newest Graduate!

A new way to WHALEWATCH

The Lost Years Project: Tracking Young Sea Turtles

UMCES scientists win Best Paper of the Year award from American Fisheries Society

Through Rain and Cold, the Monitoring Must Go On

PAST: Potomac & Atlantic Striped Bass Telemetry

Congratulations to CBL's Newest Graduate!

CBL scientist tracks jellyfish population in Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay surface water temperature is increasing over time

Studying Sturgeon: Preserving the Ghosts of Chesapeake Past

Dr. Walter Boynton: Admiral of the Chesapeake

CBL helps Louisiana understand invasive nature of water hyacinth

Counting Chesapeake Crabs: UMCES scientist tracks mysterious decline

UMCES professor probes methane release in Baltic Sea, Arctic, Chesapeake Bay

Simulating Storms in the Shallows

WhaleWatch: Predicting Movements, Reducing Harm

Helping the Bay Breathe

Is Plant-Based Fuel Worth the Cost in Brazil?

Nutrient Loading: Too Much of a Good Thing

Going “In-Seine”: Counting Fish, Predicting Patterns

Meta River Workshop newsletter

Worldwide WWF-IAN partnership launches in Stockholm

Chesapeake Bay health improved in 2014

Video & Blog Highlights

On the Horizon...

Restoring the Rookery Bay factsheets

White House recognizes innovations in nutrient pollution detection led by UMCES-based Alliance for Coastal Technologies

UMCES celebrates 90th anniversary at October 1 event

UMCES celebrates 90 years at October 1 event

AL's Watershed Moments Community Learning Series Debuts on Oct. 7

Developing a report card for the coral reefs of American Samoa

Building coastal resilience through stories

Bita River Report Card Workshop - The Orinoco River Basin, Colombia

Mid-Atlantic Volunteer Monitoring Conference

Appalachian Laboratory Announces Tenures and Promotions

Dr. Andrew Elmore To Receive Outstanding Alumnus Award

2014 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project- Understanding Fishery Trends

Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project- Identifying Changes in Aquatic Habitat

Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project- Identifying Freshwater Flows

Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project- Understanding Local Attitudes About Water

Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project- Through Collaborative Watershed Managment

18th International Riversymposium will take place in Brisbane, Australia

Finalists for the Thiess International Riverprize

Inaugural North American Riverprize

A Special Session on Report Cards

Decreased nutrient levels are significantly improving Chesapeake Bay health

Report card of the Bita River Basin, Colombia

Reporte de Salud de la Cuenca del río Bita, Colombia

Chitala ornata (Clown knifefish)

Weather: wind 3

Migratory patterns of Eastern golden eagle population revealed

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Newsletter

Explore the Chesapeake Bay with science at the Horn Point Laboratory Open House, October 10

IAN welcomes Karen Luffman

Blog Highlights

The Meta River Report Card Workshop

IAN attends NSF STEM Design Week in NY Harbor

IAN facilitates the Second Laguna de Bay Report Card Workshop

On the Horizon...

Study will determine which stream restoration methods are most effective in Chesapeake watershed

Study looks at best way to bring healthy streams back after development

Chesapeake Bay Trust: Expansion of a survey tool to measure behavior change and impacts within watersheds

Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Layout and design of factsheets and final report

UMCES 90: Celebrating 90 years

Report card of the Meta River Basin, Colombia

Reporte de Salud de la Cuenca del río Meta, Colombia

The Meta River Report Card Workshop - The Orinoco River Basin, Colombia

Laguna de Bay, Philippines: Environmental Literacy

Town Creek Foundation: Climate Change Resilience Index

NPS: Shenandoah National Park: Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Development of an Ecosystem Health Report Card for Laguna de Bay, Philippines

Diving into NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program

Learning to operate the Mississippi River

New York Harbor NSF STEM Project Design Week, Part 2

IAN welcomes Dylan Taillie

On the Horizon...

Long Island Sound Report Card released

Blog Highlights

Recent IAN science communication courses

Help the Bay by offering your input

Norwalk Harbor & Inner Hempstead Harbor Report Cards released

New York Harbor NSF STEM Project Design Week, Part 1

Algal biofuel start-up by UMCES alumnus makes waves

2014 West & Rhode Rivers Report Card

Crocodile report cards

IAN in Cambodia

Scientists expect slightly below average Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ this summer

Scientists expect slightly below average Chesapeake Bay ‘dead zone’ this summer

Long Island Sound Report Card in context

Alyson Santoro named Simons Early Career Investigator

Long Island Sound Report Card release in Glen Cove, New York

Long Island Sound Report Card release in Westport, Connecticut

Healthy Harbor Report Card 2014

Video & Blog Highlights

Your input helps the Bay

Our Path Forward: The Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan for Maryland Coastal Bays (2015-2025)

How's the Beach? water quality app released

Hawaii Forest Birds app released

On the Horizon...

Floodplain connections in Kakadu National Park

Northern Australia floodplains research workshop in Brisbane

Ancient culture and unique biodiversity - Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

Long Island Sound Report Card

Inner Hempstead Harbor Report Card

Norwalk Harbor Report Card

Invasive grasses pose a threat to natural and cultural resources in Kakadu National Park

The secret lives of fish revealed by the digital age

The secret lives of fish revealed by the digital age

Water, food webs, and production on the Kakadu floodplains

Study shows harmful algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay are more frequent

UMCES scientists win Best Paper of the Year award from American Fisheries Society

2015 Sassafras River Report Card

Our Path Forward: The Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan for Maryland's Coastal Bays (2015-2025)

Fish and energy movement in Kakadu National Park

Hire me, I’m a Scientist! Career challenges for students

UMCES scientists show harmful algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay are more frequent

Science for Environmental Management 2015 poem

Dr. Mario Tamburri honored with President’s Award for Science Application

Dr. Mario Tamburri honored with President’s Award for Science Application

Appalachian Laboratory Open House brings hands-on science to the community

The future of managing fisheries: what can we expect?

Commencement 2015: UMCES graduates the next generation of scientific leaders

IAN partnering with the World Wildlife Fund

Participate in the Bay Survey!

Blog and Video Highlights

On the horizon . . .

IAN Welcomes Cindy Shoemaker

Workshops are Beautiful: Data visualization in NYC

MADE CLEAR kicks off the 2015 Climate Change Academy

Fifteen students, Ten minutes: One humbling education

2014 South River Watershed Report Card

2014 Nanticoke River Report Card

UMCES celebrates second annual Commencement

Citizens Restoring American Chestnuts to give seedlings to citizen scientists at Appalachian Laboratory Open House

A report card to tell your mom about: Environmental report cards provide transparent assessments of our aquatic ecosystems

Willamette River Report Card – I can see the light at the end of the tunnel

Streams, bats, bugs & more at Appalachian Laboratory Open House May 2

Scientists in Media: “Give me a microphone, and I shall waken the world”

Appalachian Laboratory hosts Open House - Saturday, May 2

Developing a constitution for Chesapeake Bay

Appalachian Laboratory honors environmental champion and Evergreen Founder Janice Keene

Appalachian Laboratory honors environmental champion and Evergreen Founder Janice Keene

Report Card Review

Ornithologist

Field researcher

Birder

Do’s and Don’ts: How scientists and the law can exist in tandem

In memory of Jay Zieman, University of Virginia seagrass ecologist

Professor Tom Miller receives highest university award for public service

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science professor Tom Miller to receive highest university award

More food, low pollution effort gains traction

More food, low pollution effort gains traction

Who ya gonna call? Recommendations for scientists who are called to action in a state of environmental emergency

Reginald V. Truitt in his own words: A visit to the Maryland Room archives

Chesapeake Bay Phosphorus Pollution Is Derived from Land-Based Sources

Webstock 2015: One day of Peace & the Internet

New tech transfer projects could lead to smarter fish feed, turn algae to biofuel

Climate change: teaching the public these are not dirty words

Midshore Rivers Report Card 2014

2014 Chester River Report Card

Great Barrier Reef Foundation workshop

On the Horizon . . .

Blog Highlights

The changing North Woods and moose newsletter

State of the South Atlantic 2015

Mackay Report Card

Anseranas semipalmata (Magpie Goose) 2

Oryza meridionalis (Wild rice)

Salvinia molesta (Giant Salvinia)

Brainstorming in the Innovation Room with World Wildlife Fund

Reef Resilience in Townsville

How the past influences the future: Understanding the maturity gradient in environmental science and management

Developing an Index of Resilience to Climate Change Impacts to the Great Barrier Reef – Workshop 3, Townsville, Australia.

Resilience based management of the Great Barrier Reef

How many scientists does it take to make a good story? Learning the art of communicating science

Scientists underwater: Reginald Truitt, Gilbert Klingle, the Bentharium and the Aquascope

Chesapeake Bay Science and Management: A need for more effective scientific communication and adaptive management

The changing North Woods and moose

Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier awarded IASC Medal

Dr. Jacqueline Grebmeier awarded IASC Medal

Mackay Report Card Workshop – Mackay, Queensland Australia 24 February 2015.

Our first report card in South America – The Orinoco River Basin, Colombia

Dr. Russell Hill elected to American Academy of Microbiology

Dr. Russell Hill elected to American Academy of Microbiology

Tackling watershed size: A collaborative effort - difficulties of science in management due to watershed size

IAN staff join MEES PhD program

Climate change and moose in the North Woods of the Northeast United States

IAN in The Big Apple!

On the Horizon . . .

Blog Highlights

Our first report card in South America - The Orinoco River Basin, Columbia

Mysterious microbes hold big possibilities for Sloan Research Fellow Alyson Santoro

Collective impact and ecosystem health report cards: The product enables the process

State of the South Atlantic 2015

Dr. Russell Hill Chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2015

Dr. Russell Hill Chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2015

Remembering Bob Simon: A class act

Sander vitreus (Yellow Walleye)

Esox lucius (Northern Pike)

Suburban: house 6

Freight: lake freighter

Vehicle: pickup truck

Suburban: house 8

Suburban: house 9

Suburban: house 10

Suburban: house 11

Suburban: west coast house 1

Suburban: west coast house 2

Urban cafe

Urban: condo 2

Weather: rain 2

Weather: wind 2

Suburban: house 7

Vehicle: minivan

Alyson Santoro Awarded Sloan Grant for Archaea Research

Population and Environment Case Studies: Local Approaches to a Global Challenge

Strombus gigas (Queen Conch)

Marine protected area

Water: Biodigestor

Caribbean house

Recycling bins

Diadema antillarum (black sea urchin)

Dive boat

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for the reef community

Kick-starting Collective Impact in Five Easy Report Card Steps

UMCES welcomes Charles O. Monk as new Chair of Board of Visitors

UMCES welcomes Charles O. Monk as new Chair of Board of Visitors

Scientists discover bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for the reef community

Reginald Truitt: The origin of Chesapeake Bay science in support of management

UMCES Scientists to Study Water Quality Consequences of Susquehanna River Sediments and Nutrients

UMCES Scientists to Study Water Quality Consequences of Susquehanna River Sediments and Nutrients

Achieving Sustainability at the Nexus of Science, Advocacy, and Policy

Talking about moose and climate change in snowy Massachusetts

Belize coral reefs in jeopardy

Environmental Literacy for the tropical Northern Territory, Australia

Lawn Mower

Well Pad

Ecosystem Based Management: The challenge of change

Fractionation Plant

Fractionation Plant

Fractionation Plant

Processing Plant

IAN welcomes Mindy Ehrich

USAUS H20 U.S. Teacher Workshop 2015

Chesapeake Bay health story website launched

Blog & Video Highlights

On the Horizon...

Jamnagar 2015 Ecosystem Health Report Card released

Coral reefs of Mexico are in jeopardy

The coastal areas of Guatemala are impacted by human activities.

Does rising sea level signal the end for LUMCON, or a beginning?

Climate change, the boreal forest, and moose: Scenario planning to inform land and wildlife management

The current features of and threats to the coastal ecosystem of Honduras

Bay experts Boesch and Boynton earn rank of Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay

Arctic scientists receive marine research award

USAUS-H2O Annapolis-Washington D.C. workshop

Following Alexander Bache’s Dream and His Example

Presidential Fellowships – 2014

Launching the Chesapeake Bay Story website: Telling fact-based stories about Chesapeake Bay health

Growth and the future of Chesapeake Bay conference at Hood College

Creating reporting boundaries for the Long Island Sound environmental report card

Gulf of Kachchh Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment

Blog & Video Highlights

On the Horizon...

Coastal Georgia's ecosystem health report card

!hidden! Happy 2015 from everyone at IAN

IAN in 2015

IAN welcomes Susan Collins

"Seagrasses of the World" revisited: "A Guide to Southern Temperate Seagrasses" published

Exploring New York Harbor: Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

New director takes reins of Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg

New director takes reins of Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg

Threats to traditional resources in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia

2015 promises to be an exciting year for Chesapeake Bay

Marine National Park and Sanctuary, Jamnagar, 2015 Ecosystem Health Report Card

Hawaiian Crow or alala (Corvus hawaiiensis)

House finch (carpodacus mexicanus)

Maui 'alauahio (paroreomyza montana)

Japanese bush warbler (cettia diphone)

Po'ouli (melamprosops phaesoma)

Elepaio (chasiempis sandwichensis)

Japanese white-eye (zosterops japonicus)

Hawai'i creeper (oreomystis mana)

'Akohekohe (palmeria dolei)

Hawai'i akepa (loxops coccineus)

Akiapola'au (hemignathus munroi)

'O'mao (myadestes obscurus)

Gullah sweetgrass basket

Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Olive hymenachne)

Drawing sketches and creating conceptual diagrams to communicate science

How Big Chicken Stole Chesapeake Bay

Salt marshes and Superfund sites – a trip to coastal Georgia

A visit to the New York Aquarium: Seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Within Our Reach provides insights into engaging communities and restoration of the Willamette River

Entrepreneurs Fellowship Program helps young scientists

Entrepreneurs Fellowship Program helps young scientists

Traveling around Barcelona, Spain during the One Planet One Ocean conference

Ocean research perspectives gleaned from ‘One Planet One Ocean’ conference in Barcelona, Spain - Part 2

Ocean research perspectives gleaned from ‘One Planet One Ocean’ conference in Barcelona, Spain - Part 1

From Science to Solutions: Advancing the Role of Field Stations

International and regional RiverPrizes awarded

IAN welcomes Suzi Spitzer

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon...

Scenario planning with USGS

How is your ecosystem doing? Advances in the use and understanding of ecosystem indicators workshop

Gulf of Kachchh: A Framework for the Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment

One Planet One Ocean conference in Barcelona, Spain

UMCES joins national #GivingTuesday movement

Passerina ciris (Painted Bunting)

State of the South Atlantic Ecosystems kickoff workshop

Growing minds through growing oysters

Enduser Input Shapes Delmarva Bays Planning Tool

Teams compete to design a sustainable Louisiana Coast

Four interesting books from the 2014 International Riversymposium: River Journeys 3, Chasing Water, Blue Mind, and Finnley's Great Escape

Pinus palustris (Longleaf Pine)

Nutrients that Feed Red Tide in Gulf of Mexico “Under the Microscope” in Major Study

Enhancing diversity in environmental sciences through the NOAA Educational Partnerships Program

Nutrients that Feed Red Tide “Under the Microscope” in Major Study

Oyster restoration team gets national attention

Underwater microphones will track impact of offshore wind power on marine life along the coast

The sound, the bay, and a volcano: National discussions around resiliency to coastal hazards

From Science to Solutions

UMCES helps bring science into New York classrooms

IAN welcomes Catherine Krikstan

On the Horizon...

State of the South Atlantic kickoff workshop

America's Watershed Initiative Summit held in Louisville, KY

Blog Highlights

Billion Oyster Project  Launch of National Science Foundation Grant in New York Harbor

Field station

Coast to coast USA 2D

Communicating science with marine laboratory and field station directors at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Long Island Sound Report Card

Ammodramus maritimus (Seaside Sparrow)

Ammodramus nelsoni (Nelson's Sparrow)

2014 International Riversymposium

Mississippi report card video

Mississippi River report card song

Underwater microphones will track impact of offshore wind power on marine life along the coast

New study calls for continuing need to assess impacts of offshore wind farms on marine species

New study calls for continuing need to assess impacts of offshore wind farms on marine species

Did you know the Willamette River flows north?

Noise

Draft Mississippi River report card released at 2014 America's Watershed Initiative Summit

IAN welcomes Nicole Lehmer

IAN 'Down Under': Darwin-IAN collaboration, USAUS-H2O virtual environmental partnership and Riversymposium 2014

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon...

Willamette River report card stakeholder workshop

Missouri River basin & Mississippi River basin newsletters released

America's Watershed Initiative Mississippi River Watershed Report Card

New approach can predict impact of climate change on species that can’t get out of the way

Governor O'Malley honored with Truitt Environmental Award

Governor O’Malley honored with Truitt Environmental Award

Missouri River Basin report card workshop newsletter

Mississippi River Report Card whole watershed report card workshop newsletter

Thiess International Riverprize finalists for 2014

The importance of university child care: Attending the dedication of Munro Center, University of Queensland

USAUS-H2O Canberra workshop

Failte gu Alba! (Welcome to Scotland!)

Insights on story-telling from the salmon in the tree

Water supply is a concern in report card planning for the Missouri River Basin

Maryland Coastal Bays report card 2013

Louisiana Sea Grant LA DIA program launched

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon...

Kickoff of the Willamette River Report Card

IAN Welcomes Patricia Harcourt

Louisiana Sea Grant Discovery, Integration and Application initiative (LA DIA)

Underwater grass comeback bodes well for Chesapeake

Underwater grass comeback bodes well for Chesapeake

Land use map of the Missouri River basin

Conceptual diagram showing features and threats of the Missouri River sub-basin

Conceptual diagram showing features and threats of the Arkansas River and Red River sub-basin

Land use in the Arkansas River and Red River sub-basin

Potential indicators for the Arkansas River and Red River sub-basin

2014 Connecticut Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Conference

Climate Change and resilience create new challenges in tracking ecosystem health status

Citizen scientist project recognized for tracking leaf changes on poplar trees

Abandoned shrimp nets

Illegal shrimp pens

Dead fish

The CEER Conference provides insight to the future of report cards

Money symbol

Pressure response diagram

Dishwasher

Lawn Fertilizer Spreader

Toolbox

Next steps

2013 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Food

Inputs: sediments 2

Flag: United States of America

Fale: enclosed 4 (Samoa)

Flag: USA Hawaii

Hawaiian Royalty Headdress

Flag: United Kingdom

Wood-split fencing 02

Hibiscus Flower

Metrosideros Polymorpha (Hi'a Lehua)

Inputs: sewage

Vessel strike of marine mammal

'Travel the Chesapeake Bay with Science' at the Horn Point Laboratory Open House October 11

Travel the Chesapeake Bay with science at the Horn Point Laboratory Open House October 11

Atmospheric and Eutrophic Acidification

The poetry and art of Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton: a solitary genius

Arkansas River and Red River Basins report card workshop newsletter

Louisiana Discovery Integration and Application (LA DIA) program launched with Louisiana Sea Grant

Baltimore Healthy Harbor Report Card scores a 51% for 2013

IAN welcomes Madeline Kelsey

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon...

New Environmental Statistics Collaborative to offer state-of-the-art research and consulting services

New Environmental Statistics Collaborative to offer state-of-the-art research and consulting services

Chesapeake Bay and Chesapeake Biological Laboratory field trip

Large Marine Ecosystems – An Australian in Paris

Kicking off the Louisiana Discovery Integration and Application program in Baton Rouge

Building Report Cards to Support Community-based Monitoring

Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Teams: Wye Island meeting

Pickeral rush (Pontederia cordata) occupies wetland shoreline.

Canada geese (Branta canadensis) with goslings

Pickeral rush (Pontederia cordata)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nest in busy parking lot protect

Duck blind

Hardened shoreline prevents erosion.

Pound net

Eroded shoreline with tree snags.

Restored Chesapeake Bay oyster buy boat

Female mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) and ducklings

Arkansas River and Red River Basins report card workshop newsletter

Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology receives $600,000 Ratcliffe Foundation grant to support program in entrepreneurial leadership

Developing video techniques for science communication

In the wake of Rachel Carson, a conservation icon

The Seven Key Stewardship Behaviors to Promote Watershed Health

Prorocentrum Minimum Levels since 1970

Buffer Vegetation as a Key Stewardship Behavior

Lawn Fertilizer Limitation as a Key Stewardship Behavior

Cover Crops as a Key Watershed Stewardship Behavior

The Reduction of Hard Surfaces as a Key Watershed Stewardship Behavior

Cleaning Up Pet Waste as a Key Watershed Stewardship Behavior

Rain Gardens as a Key Stewardship Behavior

Rain Barrels as a Key Watershed Stewardship Behavior

Algal Bloom Causation and Impacts in Brackish Rivers

Trends in Hypoxic Volume Since 1970

2005 Corsica River Fish Kill

Aureococcus Anophagefferens Blooms and Nitrogen Concentrations

Increased Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in Maryland Since 1970

Causes and Impacts of Brown Tide Algal Blooms

The Distributions of Common Harmful Algal Blooms in Maryland's Chesapeake and Coastal Bays

The Causes and Effects of Eutrophication

With 'biological sunscreen,' mantis shrimp see the reef in a whole different light

National Monitoring Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio

IAN welcomes Zach Friedman

IAN welcomes Rebecca Murphy

IAN welcomes Bill Whorton

IAN welcomes Jamieson Colburn

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon

A sea change at SEA: Sea Education Association takes its tall ships into uncharted waters

Baby diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Lawn fertilizer icon

Agricultural fertilizer icon

Ratcliffe Foundation grant supports business leadership program for students at Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology

Climate Change Impacts on Assateague's Forest Ecosystem

Effects of Climate Change on the Bay Subtidal and Mudflat Ecosystem on Assateague Island

Effects of Climate Change on the Salt Marsh Ecosystem on Assateague Island

Climate Change Effects on Assateague Island's Inland Wetlands

Climate Change Effects on the Dunes of Assateague Island

Climate Change Effects on Assateague Island's Intertidal Beach

The Widespread Effects of Climate Change on Assateague Island

Climate Change Factors and their Impacts on Assateague Island

UMCES Colossus of Rhoades

The effects of climate change on the beach intertidal ecosystem on Assateague Island National Seashore.

NOAA, partners predict slightly above average ‘dead zone’ in Chesapeake Bay

NOAA, partners predict slightly above average ‘dead zone’ in Chesapeake Bay

Integration and Application Network retreat: June 2014

Dancing with Dugongs video

2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

Anguillicoloides crassus (Nematode Worm)

Batis maritima (Pickleweed)

IAN receives National Cooperative Ecosystems Study Unit award

Water Quality Management Decision Tree

Northern Great Plains Network National Park Service Units Map

Conowingo Dam Reservoir and Susquehanna Flats Depiction

Threats from Hurricanes and Tropical Storms

Storm Timing and Impacts on Chesapeake Bay Flora and Fauna

Steps to Identifying High Priority Tributaries

Oklahoma report card song

Flow Capacity for the Mississippi River

Main Threats and Key Features of the Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin

Main Threats and Key Features of the Ohio River Basin

Ohio River Basin Land Use

Badlands National Park

Niobrara National Scenic River Resources and Threats

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Resources and Threats

Generic Resources and Threats to the Northern Great Plains Parks

Jewel Cave National Monument Threats and Features

Potential Indicators for the Ohio River Basin

Mississippi River Report Card Workshop Timeline

Threats and Features of the Lower Mississippi River Basin

The 2014 River Rally in Pittsburgh

Lower Mississippi Land Cover Map

Lower Mississippi Workshop Connections

Chilika Lake Tourism Pressure

Chilika Lake Pollution Pressure

Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore: Baltimore Harbor Ecosystem Status

Herpestes javanicus (Small Asian Mongoose)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Percipitation Map 2013

Chilika Lake Fishing and Aquaculture Pressures

Chilika Lake Sedimentation

Missouri River: Environmental Literacy

Floating Wetlands Structure and Impact

Multiple Benefits of Rain Gardens

Counteracting Factors Impacting Best Management Practice Implementation

Light and Dark Conditions Impact on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Growth

IAN welcomes Larissa Johnson

Lower Mississippi River Basin report card workshop newsletter

Chesapeake Bay health remains steady in 2013

Identifying nitrogen sources in the Choptank River

Blog Highlights

On the Horizon

Osprey in Tree

Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron)

Nitrogen source tracing in the Choptank River Watershed

Baltimore’s Annual Healthy Harbor Report Card

Icterus galbula (Baltimore Oriole)

Baltimore's Annual Healthy Harbor Report Card: 2013

Upper Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy

Road salt truck

2013 Chesapeake Bay report released

Chesapeake Bay health holds steady in 2013

Chesapeake Bay health holds steady in 2013

2013 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Conservation International: Bay of Bengal booklet and policy advisories

Visiting the Nickel Preserve in eastern Oklahoma

Nest and eggs of a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nest in busy parking lot protect

Lower Mississippi River Basin report card workshop newsletter

Arkansas and Red Rivers Workshop in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Nest of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

John D. Porcari joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Board of Visitors

John D. Porcari joins University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Board of Visitors

Bahamian adventures: Columbus on the Niña and seagrass scientists on the R/V Calanus

Poster presentation

Poster presentation

Poster presentation

Ohio River basin: Environmental Literacy

Science Communication Course, May 2014

Dr. Jeffrey Cornwell honored with UMCES President's Award

Dr. Jeffrey Cornwell honored with UMCES President's Award

UMD and UMCES to award joint degree in marine and environmental science

UMD and UMCES to award joint degree in marine and environmental science

Shrimp and Grits – Working with the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science faculty convocation: Bill Chameides, President's Award, new joint degree program, remembering Debbie Morrin-Nordlund

IAN welcomes Melissa Rogers

Course in communicating science effectively

Darwin-IAN - An Agreement with Charles Darwin University and UMCES

Los Angeles River site visit

COHFECAT executive summaries

The poetry and art of Johannes Kepler

Coastal Wetlands Resilience to Climate Change Comparison

Human-caused and natural vulnerabilities of Chesapeake Bay to climate impacts

Peter Oliver sings 'The Water Waltz'

Catoctin Mountain Park Natural Resources Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park Natural Resources Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Natural Resources Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Johannes Kepler: an astronomer

Appalachian Laboratory honors wildlife biologist Tom Mathews

Appalachian Laboratory honors wildlife biologist Tom Mathews

Appalachian Laboratory hosts Open House - Saturday, May 3

Lower Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy

A new version of the song 'Memphis Tennessee' released

IMET wins $500,000 in global innovative carbon use competition

The Los Angeles River: Geography, vistas and restoration

Appalachian Laboratory hosts Open House - Saturday, May 3

IMET wins $500,000 in global innovative carbon use competition

The Los Angeles River: Geography, vistas and restoration

Ryan Powell competes in $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge

Appalachian Laboratory scientists receive highest university award

Appalachian Laboratory scientists receive highest university award

The Los Angeles River: Geography, vistas and restoration

Developing a Mississippi River report card: Lower Mississippi workshop in Memphis

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society conference in Ocean City, Maryland

IAN farewells Christina Lyerly and welcomes Vanessa Vargas

Environment Canada Great Lakes diagram workshop

2013 Firelands Coastal Tributaries Report Cards Released

Third Mississippi River Report Card workshop held in Memphis, Tennessee

COSEE Coastal Trends: online teaching modules

The Ohio River’s Split Personality

Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 2

Long Island Sound 'listening tour' to initiate environmental report cards: Part 1

Seagrass expert Evamaria Koch remembered

Seagrasses and a little girl lost their greatest champion: Evamaria Koch (1961-2014)

2013 Pipe Creek Report Card

2013 Old Woman Creek Report Card

2013 Mills Creek Report Card

A visit to New York Harbor School on Governors Island

The poetry and art of Alexander von Humboldt

Conceptual Diagrams Can Get You Places

Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea book synopsis

Science shows restoration efforts can improve local water quality in the Chesapeake Bay

Science shows restoration efforts can improve local water quality in the Chesapeake Bay

New Insights report: Converting geeky science into understandable stories

Hippocampus erectus (Lined Seahorse)

Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Atlantic Bumper)

Mnemiopsis leidyi (Comb Jelly)

Menticirrhus saxatilis (Northern Kingfish)

IAN welcomes Kiri Carini

New Insights: Science-based evidence of water quality improvements, challenges, and opportunities in the Chesapeake

IAN is back in Australia

Natural resource condition assessments for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Catoctin Mountain Park, and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Cloud Solutions Specialist for the Chesapeake Collaborative Computer Center

Northern cardinal

Northern cardinal

Birds on a tilted bird feeder

A New IAN Science Communication Course on Ecosystem Health Report Cards in Adelaide, Australia

Boats at the dock

Total phosphorus (TP)

Total nitrogen (TN)

A visit to the Australian Institute of Marine Science

New Insights: Science-based evidence of water quality improvements, challenges, and opportunities in the Chesapeake

New Insights: Science-based evidence of water quality improvements, challenges, and opportunities in the Chesapeake (Executive Summary)

Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 2

Maryland Sea Grant Announces New Projects to Study Water Quality, Fisheries

Developing a climate change resilience index for the Great Barrier Reef: Part 1

The poetry and art of Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei: an experimental, observational and theoretical scientist who communicated effectively

Moreton Bay books now available for free from IAN Press

Dancing with dugongs: Having fun and developing a practical philosophy for environmental teaching and research

IAN welcomes Judith Hallowell

Ohio River Basin report card workshop newsletter

Four new job vacancies announced

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Adventures in producing an eBook: Dancing with dugongs eBook released

Dancing with dugongs

Catoctin Mountain Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Diagram showing resources of and threats to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

Diagram showing features of and threats to C&O Canal.

Diagram showing features of and threats to Catoctin Mountain Park.

Long Island Sound funders meeting

Ohio River Basin report card workshop newsletter

Haemulon plumierii (White Grunt)

Moreton Bay and Catchment

Scientists discover key hormone that makes it possible for female crabs to mate and care for their young

Sizing up the Mississippi River

Scientists discover key hormone that makes it possible for female crabs to mate and care for their young

Long Island Sound: Environmental Literacy

ShorePower project launched

The poetry and art of Nicholas Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus and the Copernican Revolution

Moreton Bay, Australia: Environmental Literacy

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection: Lake Tahoe conceptual diagrams

Scientists who made a difference: Celebrating effective science application

IAN welcomes Alexandra Schwaab

IAN invited to Laguna de Bay Report Card Workshop in Philippines

9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas

Ohio River Basin Workshop in Covington, Kentucky

Environmental Literacy: Determining the essential elements necessary for understanding a topic or a place

Visual science communication: Using data visualization, conceptual diagrams and photographs to convey science information

Ten classic scientific maps

Roebling Bridge in Cincinnati--the predecessor to the Brooklyn Bridge

Flag: Australia Queensland

Flag: Australia

Australia: Moreton Bay

Developing a Mississippi River report card: Ohio River workshop in Cincinnati

The Economics of the Ocean: Discussing the Baltic Sea and Chesapeake Bay at the House of Sweden

Design Competition Stimulates Communication on Multiple Channels

Lessons learned restoring the Chesapeake will help leaders clean up Rio's Guanabara Bay

Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival

Multiple mates worth the risk for female prairie dogs

Multiple mates worth the risk for female prairie dogs

River barge

Ten classic conceptual diagrams: Powerful examples of communicating knowledge

Anthony Kung visiting IAN

Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin report card workshop newsletter

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference in San Diego

Expanding the Firelands Coastal Tributaries Report Cards

Presentation dialog

Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina

UMCES Soiree at CERF 2013

This map depicts land use in the Upper Mississippi River River sub-basin, one of the five major sub-basins of the Mississippi River. Map from "Upper Mississippi River sub-basin report card workshop" newsletter.

Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin report card workshop newsletter

Chesapeake Address

10th Annual International Marine Biotechnology Conference

Discussing science communication at CERF2013

Watermen boats

Watermen boats

Equipment on a waterman's boat

Fishing equipment

Docked boats

Fishing equipment on boats

Fishing equipment

Equipment on a waterman's boat

Waterman boat

Watermen boats

Pollution in the water

Woods along the shoreline

Woods along the shoreline

Boat in the Bay

Boat in the Bay

Boats at the dock

Boats at the dock

Equipment on a waterman's boat

Docked waterman's boat

Hiking in Joshua Tree National Park

Aerial view of Los Angeles

Aerial view of Los Angeles City

Aerial view of Los Angeles

Aerial view of Los Angeles

Aerial view of Los Angeles City

Aerial view of Los Angeles City

Aerial view of Los Angeles

Aerial view of Los Angeles City

Camping

Aegean Sea field trip: Egyptian sand, seagrass, marine sanctuaries, cruising

New study maps human impacts on top ocean predators along U.S. west coast

New study maps human impacts on top ocean predators along U.S. west coast

IMET hosts LMRCSC Board of Visitors

MEDCOAST 2013 and EMECS 10 conference: Turkish baths, Red Sox baseball, new colleagues

Firewood

Climbers

Climbers in Joshua Tree National Park

Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park

Hidden Valley in Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia)

Tires in the water

Joshua Tree National Park

Campsite at Indian Cove

Hiking in Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

Calculating a Lake Health Index for the Great Lakes

Clean Air Act has led to improved water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Clean Air Act has led to improved water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Donald Boesch joins ocean leaders to influence ocean and coast management

Science communication and integration with Environment Canada

Net fishers (India)

Fish trap 2

Cultural Odisha graphics

Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : walking

Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : standing

Phoenicopterus minor (Lesser Flamingo) : flying

Local water transport (India)

Tour boat (India)

Small village (India)

Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan technical report

Behavior Change Survey presented at Chesapeake Watershed Forum

Long Island Sound Ecosystem Health Report Card

IAN welcomes Jamie Testa

Maryland Department of the Environment: Design and layout of Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan

Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Rookery Bay NERR

Coastal Louisiana song book: Reflections on reviewing the 2012 Master Plan

Town Creek Foundation: coordination support for adapting to climate change

Science Communication vs. Science Writing: Different audiences and different styles

Symbols: A universal and effective technique for communication

Being inspired by Cousteaus: An evening with Jean-Michel Cousteau

John Bertram's legacy

Populus balsamifera (Balsam poplar)

Take the baysurvey!: Learning about stewardship behaviors for Chesapeake Bay restoration

Assessing impact of noise from offshore wind farm construction may help protect marine mammals

Assessing impact of noise from offshore wind farm construction may help protect marine mammals

International Riversymposium 2013

Record 1.2 billion oysters added to Bay restoration effort in 2013

Helping your woodland adapt to a changing climate

Learning to Love the Dune in Bethany Beach

Sights and sounds of India

Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan

Accurate maps of streams could aid in more sustainable development of Potomac River watershed

Accurate maps of streams could aid in more sustainable development of Potomac River watershed

The people of the Gulf of Kachchh

Gulf of Kachchh Integrated Assessment

Fall

Helping your woodland adapt to a changing climate

IAN returns to India for integrated coastal zone management workshops

International Riversymposium

Upper Mississippi River Basin kickoff workshop

New Behavior Survey Tackles Seven Key Stewardship Behaviors in Your Watershed

Developing a Mississippi River report card: Upper Mississippi River workshop in the Quad Cities

Aquaculture

Water: sewage pumping station

Jet ski

Energy: hydro power station

Race track or horse breeding facility

Fertilizer

Drinking water

Weir

Assembling Indicators for a Mississippi River Basin Report Card

Great blue heron in the Everglades

Great blue heron

Adult and chick black skimmers

Black skimmers nesting

Mangroves and oyster reefs

Gulf of Kachchh field trips: Birds, mangroves, corals, macrotides, industries

Jai Ho!: A song for the Gulf of Kachchh report card workshop

Underwater Cameras Donated to Horn Point

Peter Oliver's top ten books about science

Gulf of Kachchh report card workshop

Converting from passive to active learning

Antelope Canyon

Discover the science of the Chesapeake at Horn Point Open House - October 12

Discover the science of the Chesapeake Bay and beyond at the Horn Point Laboratory Open House October 12

The integration of heart, hands and head

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

The Sun's Eye, Monument Valley

South Rim, Grand Canyon

North Rim, Grand Canyon

Saltworks

Recent IAN science communication courses

Managing stormwater and other BMPs

2012 Chilika Lake ecosystem health report card

Assessing ecosystem health in Rookery Bay Reserve, Florida

It’s all Greek to me: The terms ‘praxis’ and ‘phronesis’ in environmental philosophy

Dugong dugon (Dugong) 2

Helping your woodland adapt to a changing climate

2012 Chilika Lake ecosystem health report card

Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless Porpoise)

Healthy Waterways Healthy Catchments: Making the connection in South East Queensland, Australia

Discover the Waterways of South-East Queensland

Manatee

Manatee warning sign

Manatee

Manatee

Manatee

Mangroves and oyster reefs

Moreton Bay Study: A Scientific Basis for the Healthy Waterways Campaign

Jean-Michel Cousteau presents The Great Ocean Adventure

Fisheries building rededicated in honor of Eugene Cronin, "Admiral of the Chesapeake"

The crew member's guide to the health of our waterways

Top ten science communication booklets

Talking about report cards at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration

Urban: green roof 3

Scientists discover key to easing aquaculture’s reliance on wild-caught fish

Let’s Start By Talking About Ecosystem Services

Stormwater Management

Looking to the past to predict future climate change

Looking to the past to predict the future of climate change

Scientists discover key to easing aquaculture’s reliance on wild-caught fish

Talking about report cards at the International Congress for Conservation Biology

Total organic carbon (TOC)

Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan and climate change website

Climate Change Best Management Practices newsletters

Climate change education resources website

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, Chapter 8: Adaptation

Maryland Climate Change Summit

Forestry worker

Maryland releases a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan: Executive Summary

Gyrodinium species

Favella species

Tintinnopsis species

Dascyllus aruanus (Whitetail dascyllus)

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan: Chapter 8 Adaptation

Having fun while developing an environmental philosophy

Resiliency and water resources management: Water supply in a changing climate

Best Management Practices: Preserving clean water in a changing climate

Ten recommendations for effectively communicating science: Part 2

Recommendations for effectively communicating science: Part 1

Watershed Management: Conservation in a changing climate

Construction runoff during rain showers in Maryland

Construction runoff

Construction runoff

Construction runoff during rain showers

Construction runoff during rain showers in Maryland

Awakening Environmental Passion

Do not go gently into that black abyss of Chesapeake Bay monitoring cuts

2012 Chesapeake Bay report card

Maryland Coastal Bays report card 2012

Updating Maryland's sea-level rise projections

International Riversymposium 2013

Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen forecast for summer 2013

Enhancing the Chesapeake Bay report card with new indicators and new methods

Chesapeake Bay health improves to a C in 2012

Chesapeake Bay health improves to a C in 2012

2012 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Coastal Bays report card launch

Top ten quotes that influenced my career

2012 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Updating Maryland's Sea-level Rise Projections

Coastal Louisiana issues discussed at public meeting in St. Bernard Parish

Sea level along Maryland’s shorelines could rise 2 feet by 2050, according to new report

Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee

Bee balm (Monarda didyma)

Seven natural wonders of the world

Best Management Practices (BMPs)

Scientists anticipating smaller hypoxia levels this summer in Chesapeake Bay

NOAA, partners anticipating smaller hypoxia levels than in past in Chesapeake Bay

Scaling Up: Future of Environmental Decisions workshop

2013 summer forecast

Manchac Swamp, Louisiana

French Quarter, New Orleans

Singing the Chesapeake Bay Blues

New study shows that limiting fishing and improving habitat would allow oyster population to rebound more quickly

Discussing jellyfish with scientific colleagues and Diane Rehm

Impervious versus pervious surfaces

Stormwater ditch with cows

Stormwater ditch

Stormwater trash in parking lot

Infiltration trench in parking lot

Flooding

Detention pond at flood

Flooded cropland

Flooded corn

Are we having a Rachel Carson spring?

Rain barrel with downspout

Rain barrel

Rain barrel

Farming and Chesapeake Bay: Initiating a dialog with the Vansville Farmers Club

Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic non-tidal stream indicators

More habitat means more fish

Baltimore Healthy Harbor Report Card rates a C- for 2012

IAN Science Communication Course held at Horn Point Lab

Baltimore Healthy Harbor Report Card 2012

Top ten books about science that influenced my career

Gallus gallus domesticus (Chicken) 2

Horse manure compost pile

Elevated rain barrel

Diseased elm

Forester checks for disease or pests

Unhealthy tree

Unhealthy tree

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) dipped in rooting gel

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda)

Corn crop closeup

Corn crop

Black oak (Quercus velutina) volunteer

Healthy forest

Healthy diverse forest

Healthy forest

Healthy forest

Girdling a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Girdling a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Girdling a Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Forest interior wetland

Meadow up to the forest edge

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) being planted by Forester

Loblolly pine seedling (Pinus taeda) being planted

Landowner farming

Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) closeup

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Invasive Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Invasive multiflora with wild grape (Vitis spp.)

Invasive multiflora with Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Horse manure compost pile

Forester and landowner consult

Landowner and Forester in agreement

Landowner and Forester consult

Forester and landowner consult during a survey of the forest

Forester and landowner agree on healthly forest strategies

Landowners and forester working together

Forester planting a tree

Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Driveway lined with Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) in maple

Marsh rush (Scirpus spp.)

Cope's gray tree frog (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Wood chip mulch

Unhealthy tree due to deer damage

Sweet-gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) among planted loblolly pines

Sweet-gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) among planted loblolly pines

Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) seedling

Horse trail and jump

Forester and landowner survey the forest

Flower pot

Dairy: milk

Maize/corn cob 2

Gallus gallus domesticus (Chicken) 1

Commemorating Bob Menzer at Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 4--Moving beyond synthesis

Raising a house for flooding

Elevated utility

Rain barrel

Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth)

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 3--Integration and Application Network approach to synthesis

Music: eighth notes 2

Amphitheater

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 2--Faculty discussion about creating a 'Synthesis Addiction'

Penaeus monodon (Tiger Prawn) : adult

Dr. Keith Eshleman honored with UMCES President's Award for his impact on environmental protection and management

U.S.-Australia environmental education partnership kicks off in Queen Anne's County

Scientific synthesis at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: Part 1--Overview

Science can inform policy, but it may take advocates to drive changes

Dr. Keith Eshleman honored with President's Award for Science Application

Salmo salar (Atlantic Salmon)

Northern cardinal nest

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver Carp)

parking for hybrid vehicles

permeable pavers

infiltration trench

Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean Mussel)

Climate change: ghost forest

Energy: solar panels 3

Climate change: wildfire

Climate change: heat wave

Climate change: drought

Teaching with a ‘flipped classroom’ over an interactive video network

Making an Impact: Maryland's economy is fueled by science

Dr. Christine O'Connell's dissertation defense conclusion = Long Island Sound should be called 'Connecticut Sound'

Science communication course

Science communication course conceptual diagram

Science communication course group participation

Science communication course

Science communication course drawing

Science communication course presentation

Science communication course presentation

Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic non-tidal stream indicators

Science can change the world: the ethics of doing so and our obligation to act with integrity

More habitat means more fish

Paul Greenfield: A human catalyst

Currency: dollar sign

Me and Bobby Twilley

Special issue of Water Research & Education

Participatory Approaches for the Planning and Development of Marine Protected Areas

Climate Change Impact newsletters

In a second report card, the Oil Spill Commission gives Congress a D+.

Course in communicating science effectively

2012 Chester River Report Card

Environmental Report Cards: protecting our environment together

New study finds that oyster restoration can help clean the Bay

Celebrating 100 Years of Industrial Nitrogen Fixation

Regenerative stormwater conveyance systems (RSC)

Appalachian Laboratory honors Allegany College's Forestry Department for environmental stewardship

Appalachian Laboratory honors Allegany College's Forestry Department for environmental stewardship

The Conowingo Debate: The role of the dam in Chesapeake Bay restoration

WWF MedPAN : Science Communication Products

What’s the problem? Why should I care? Using Media to Bring Science to the Public

The nitrogen cycle with Haber-Bosch process

Climate Change Impact Areas: Planning for a changing climate

Land Management: Farming in a changing climate

Cherry blossoms

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy report card launch

Clipboard

SPREP: Ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for Lami Town, Fiji

Everything Down the Drain - Why?

Chesapeake Bay: Storm Impacts, Conowingo Dam and Choptank River

Assessing Progress

Scientists look to ancient past to better predict how species may respond to climate change

From the Toxic Algal Blooms of Australia's Coast to the Oil-soaked Shores of the Gulf of Mexico: The Role of Science in Environmental Crisis

Stakeholder Engagement

2013 West & Rhode Rivers Report Card

A new special journal issue on water education

2012 Report Card - Eastern Bay, Choptank, Miles, and Wye Rivers

Seagrass Blue Carbon Blues

NSF award will help scientists learn from the ancient past to better predict how species may respond climate change

What is the role of science in managing fisheries?

Great Barrier Reef literacy

Quercus spp. (Oak) seedling

Dead tree 4

Global use of IAN symbol libraries

Appalachian Laboratory hosts public lecture on shale gas and alternative fuel sources

We're all connected to the Big Easy: Beyond Science into BIG Management of Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem

Biophilia on a coral cay: Reflections from Lady Elliot Island

Course in communicating science effectively

Old Woman Creek and Pipe Creek Report Cards

Welcome to Megean Garvin

USAUS-H2O virtual environmental partnership officially launched

Seagrass synthesis project

Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: "Australian seagrass habitats: Condition and threats"

U.S.-Australia environmental education partnership is being led by Horn Point Professor Judy O'Neil

Town Creek Foundation: MDE Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

USAUS-H2O Australian teachers workshop held in Brisbane

Change of science and management in ecosystems along size gradient

Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy: Identifying nitrogen sources in the Choptank River

Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition: Standardizing non-tidal indicators

Restore America’s Estuaries: Linking Habitat Restoration and Fish Productivity

Great Barrier Reef Foundation: Development of a Reef Resiliency Index

Top ten conceptual diagrams: Seagrasses, streams, eco-rhythms

Shellfish for sale

Grilled fish and shrimp for sale

Fish net

Fishing net

Fresh shellfish for sale

Beach at Los Ayala, Mexico

Tourism boat

Large commercial boat used for tourism

Fishermen ready their nets

Mexican fishermen ready their nets

Vendor sells fresh fruit

Fishing boats and nets share the beach with tourism activities

Fishing net layed out on beach to dry

Better ways to look at what we’re doing to Chesapeake Bay?

2012 Old Woman Creek Report Card

2012 Pipe Creek Report Card

USC/SECOORA: beach advisory decision making

A visit to The Water Institute of the Gulf in Baton Rouge

RESEARCH CRUISE: Coral reveals climate in the Middle Ages

Top ten human symbols: People, buildings and boats

NOAA ECOHAB: Karenia Nutrient Dynamics in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Initiating an assessment of Prince William Forest Park

Groundhog (Marmota monax)

Initiating a virtual environmental partnership between US and Australia teachers and students

Salvelinus alpinus (Arctic Char)

Coregonus spp. (Cisco)

Top ten animal symbols: Whales, bison, butterflies and frogs

Prairie dogs disperse when all close kin have disappeared

Prairie dogs disperse when all close kin have disappeared

Public transport: bus

Testimony to the Maryland General Assembly in support of compulsory soil phosphorus testing by farmers

Petroleum industry: mining truck

An economic analysis of climate change adaptation options in Lami Town, Fiji

Farewell to Katie Foreman and welcome to Christina Lyerly

Oyster deltaN-15 as a bioindicator of potential wastewater and poultry farming impacts and degraded water quality in a subestuary of Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Report Card Photo Contest

Science communication course for the MEES Environmental Management students

Making Progress in Climate Change Requires Better Communication and Innovative Solutions

Appalachian Laboratory seeks Marylanders to participate in American chestnut restoration project

Appalachian Laboratory seeks Marylanders to participate in American chestnut restoration project

MD DNR: Climate Action Plan

Top ten tree and shrub symbols: Cypress, agave, weeping willows and gums

The role of science in environmental management case studies along a population gradient

Top ten bird symbols: Kookaburras, flamingos, geese and tropicbirds

NPS: National Capital Region: science communication products

Resilience of Coastal Communities Depends on Maintaining Social Infrastructure

SPREP-PIFS: Streamlined environmental reporting

NPS: Shenandoah National Park: science communication products

LOICZ: Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone

International Water Centre: Healthy Waterways e-book

HPL: Chesapeake Bay SAV restoration

CLEAR: Louisiana Sea Level Rise

NPS: Rock Creek National Park: Natural Resource Condition Assessment

NPS: Pacific Island Network: science communication products

NPS: Pacific Island Network: coral education resources

OSC: Oil Spill Commission Action (OSCA)

NPS: Northern Great Plains Network: using conceptual diagrams to aid communication

NPS: HAFE-CHOH-CATO: Natural Resource Condition Assessments

Department of Defense: Defending our National Treasure

Conservation International: Science communication products

NPS: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: Natural Resource Condition Assessment

NPS: Colonial National Historical Park: Natural Resource Condition Assessment

NPS: Assateague Island National Seashore: Natural Resource Condition Assessment

NPS: Assateague Island National Seashore: Climate Change

NPS: ANTI-MONO-MANA: Natural Resource Condition Assessments

Forest Trends: Vision for Marismas Nacionales

The Chesapeake Bay and the Changing Times: Beyond Science and Management

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

An economic analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for climate change adaptation in Lami Town, Republic of the Fiji Islands

Managing for Sustainable Ecosystems: Our Human Role

Top ten fish and shellfish symbols: Sharks, rays, fish, crabs and lobster larvae

Inputs: bacteria

Inputs: conductivity

Mine drainage

Snowman

Conductivity

Inputs: trash

Snowman: melted

Horn Point Laboratory Graduate Student Wins Coveted Fellowship

The Science/Management Gap

Red Tides of the West Florida Shelf: Science and Management

Assateague Island is Changing

Elucidating terrestrial nutrient sources to Chincoteague Bay

The 2nd Annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card Photo Contest

IAN's social media presence

Reclaim the Chesapeake Bay

Top ten marine flora symbols: Phytoplankton, macroalgae, mangroves and seagrasses

Red Tides on the West Florida Shelf

Red Tides of the West Florida Shelf: Science and Management

Dorchester County citizens concerned about Chesapeake Bay

Appalachian Laboratory team receives NSF grant to predict how trees will adapt to rapid climate change

Appalachian Laboratory team receives NSF grant to predict how trees will adapt to rapid climate change

"Raising the bar" vs. "Dumbing it down" for science communication

Kayak and R/V Rachel Carson sampling reveals nutrient sources for Chincoteague Bay

Discussion following Michael Douglas seminar on Northern Australia and Chesapeake Bay: Worlds apart, similar challenges?

Establishing a Darwin-IAN approach: Charles Darwin University and the Integration and Application Network

Dr. Fredrika Moser named Director of Maryland Sea Grant

Responding to major storm impacts: ecological impacts of Hurricane Sandy on Chesapeake and Delmarva Coastal Bays

Welcome to Catherine Ward

Multiple science communication courses taught in December

EcoCheck transition

!hidden! Happy 2013 from everyone at IAN

Science for Environmental Management course

Ending a NOAA partnership and beginning a new EcoCheck chapter

International RiverFoundation remarks

Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic Croaker)

Lead Mule

Assateague Island is Changing

Florida forest

Willamette Through Film festival

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Hurricane Sandy report

Plowed winter road in Cambridge, MD

HPL open house with touch tank

Blackwater sunset

HPL laboratory setup

Choptank River sunset

Choptank River sunset with trees

Cardinal after blizzard in Cambridge, MD

Within Our Reach conference

Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) : winter plumage

Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) : summer plumage

Himantopus mexicanus (Black-necked Stilt)

Study of Atlantic menhaden will help identify balance between fishing and preserving this Chesapeake Bay forage fish

Atlantic menhaden study will help identify balance between fishing and preserving

Responding to major storm impacts: ecological impacts of Hurricane Sandy on Chesapeake and Delmarva Coastal Bays

Ammar Hanif succesfully defends master's research

Pat Glibert elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ecosystem-based vs. engineering-based adaptation in Lami Town, Fiji

Making Marine Protected Areas Work: Lessons Learned in the Mediterranean

Coastal Bays Report Card 2011

Science for Environmental Management course

Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit meeting

International River Prize awarded to Willamette River, Oregon

New study shows probiotics help fish grow up faster and healthier

NOAA funds study to explore impact of oil spills on blue crab development

Dr. Fredrika Moser named Director of Maryland Sea Grant

Peter Oliver reflections

2011 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Making Marine Protected Areas Work

Making Marine Protected Areas Work (French)

Making Marine Protected Areas Work (Arabic)

Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Yellow Goatfish)

Garden hose

A comparative analysis of ecosystem-based adaptation and engineering options for Lami Town, Fiji

Mississippi River Report Card Vision and Framework

Professor Ed Houde named Vice President for Education

Pyrodinium bahamense

Rising to the Challenge: A National Park Service brochure

Welcome to Sarah Lane

Measuring effectiveness of Best Management Practices

Marine Protected Areas: Guiding principles and benefits

Rising to the Challenge

Marine Protected Areas

Marine Protected Areas (French)

Marine Protected Areas (Arabic)

Measuring effectiveness of Best Management Practices

Integration and Application Network: based in Maryland, working globally

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory research pier undergoes repair

Horn Point oyster hatchery has record year

Healthy Harbor Report Card

Improving management of a Mid-Atlantic coastal barrier island through assessment of habitat condition

A vision for America's Great Watershed Report Card

Shenandoah National Park natural resource condition assessment underway

Welcome to Kate Skaggs

Horn Point Oyster Hatchery has record year

A vision for America's Great Watershed Report Card

Power lines in Shenandoah

Dead Eastern Hemlock trees in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)

Dead Eastern Hemlock trees in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Dead Eastern Hemlock trees in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Forest diversity in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Forest density in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Forest of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Mountains of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)

Power lines in Shenandoah

Power lines in Shenandoah

Overlooks

Overlooks

Overlooks

Healthy forest

Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar)

Euchaetes egle (Milkweed Tussock Caterpillar)

Acorns

Big Meadows

Winding roads

Mountain trail

Moss

Moss

Appalachian Trail Marker

Mountain trail

Rock outcrop

Rock outcrop

Rock outcrop

Solidago randii (Rand's Goldenrod)

Hylotelephium telephioides (Alleghenny Stonecrop)

Winding roads

Winding roads

Shallow creek

Shallow creek

Shallow creek

Small waterfall

Small waterfall

Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stiltgrass)

Big Meadows

Big Meadows

Trail through the meadow

Ladybug

SPREP: Samoa State of the Environment

Lontra canadensis (North American River Otter)

New study finds that bacteria on marine sponges can develop capacity to move and inhibit biofilm formation

New study finds that bacteria on marine sponges can develop capacity to move and inhibit biofilm formation

Mike Douglas and Samantha Setterfield sabbatical with IAN

Restoration of overwash processes creates piping plover habitat on a barrier island paper

Farewell to Dan Levey and welcome to Brianne Walsh

Assessing watershed health in Pipe Creek and Old Woman Creek, Ohio

Waterfall

Scientists find key to vegetarian diet for fish raised in aquaculture

Peter Oliver's retirement sermon; Greek philosophers, jelly babies, wicked problems and dugongs

Peter Oliver's retirement lecture

Urban: downtown (Fiji)

Ballast water treatment system testing facility earns U.S. Coast Guard approval

'Chesapeake Bay and Beyond' Open House at the Horn Point Laboratory, October 13

Ballast water treatment system testing facility earns U.S. Coast Guard approval

Russell Hill appointed director of Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology

Maryland and Delaware partnership will bring teachers and scientists together on topic of climate change

Maryland and Delaware partnership will bring teachers and scientists together on topic of climate change

Nymphaea odorata (White Water Lily) : pad

Nymphaea odorata (White Water Lily) : flower

Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : seed pod

Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : pad

Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : bud

Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : flower 2

Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : flower 1

Russell Hill appointed director of USM's Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology

Seed parachute

"Spat Dash" race at Horn Point Laboratory benefits environmental education

"Spat Dash" race at Horn Point Laboratory benefits environmental education

A vision for effective and streamlined reporting in the Pacific

Tropical Connections: South Florida's marine environment

Farewell Kate Bentsen

Non-attribution rights to IAN symbols and images now available

Biodiversity for Climate Change

Light bulb

Local Sea Level Trends

Vaccinium corymbosum (Highbush blueberry)

Adaptation to Climate Change

Fiber logs

Recommendations for becoming a functioning Marine Protected Area

Puzzle

Prepare for climate change

Life Cycle of a Marine Protected Area

Shoreline erosion control

Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

2011 Nanticoke River Report Card

Coneflowers with city skyline

Tiling in Old Woman Creek

Algae Overgrowth

Shallow Creeks

Shallow Creek Sites

Shallow Creek Sites

Shallow Creek Sites

Creek Restoration

Creek Restoration

Creek Restoration

Quarry Discharge

Quarry Discharge

Glass and trash on Pipe Creek Shoreline

Glass and trash on Pipe Creek Shoreline

Pipe Creek Wildlife Area

Pipe Creek Wildlife Area

Pipe Creek Watershed Sign

Pipe Creek

Pipe Creek

Algae Overgrowth

Old Woman Creek headwaters

Tiling in Old Woman Creek

Tiling in Old Woman Creek

Rain garden and rain barrel

Rain garden and rain barrel

Old Woman Creek

Old Woman Creek

Old Woman Creek

Tropical Connections: South Florida's marine environment

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

R/V Rachel Carson

Skipjack Nathan

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Chrysaora quinquecirrha (known as the Atlantic sea nettle or Eas

R/V Rachel Carson

Diagram showing example indicators for nearshore marine habitat in the Pacific, including coral cover, coral health, fish biomass, fish richness, and water quality.

A vision for effective and streamlined reporting in the Pacific

Autonomous underwater research robot comes to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Autonomous underwater research robot comes to University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Diagram showing key threats to Pacific Island nations.

Deep sea mining: seafloor mining tool

Urban: city building 10

Urban: city building 09

Deep sea mining: support vessel

Deep sea mining: bulk cutter

Non-attribution rights to IAN symbols and images now available

Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium)

The popular sport of surf fishing on Assateague Island

Tropical Connections: South Florida's marine environment

Samoa 2012 Environmental Outlook: developing a vision for the next 50 years

Colonial National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Chesapeake Bay Summer Forecast 2012

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) science communication course

Colonial National Historical Park natural resource condition assessment

The jellyfish are coming

Agricultural mower

Reef 3D: volcanic island with waterfall and atoll

Tractor 5

Skull and crossbones

Satellite-tracked drifter

2012 July hypoxia forecast

Samoa 2012 Environmental Outlook: developing a vision for the next 50 years

Samoa 2012 Environmental Outlook: developing a vision for the next 50 years (Samoan)

SeaWeb: Production of an Ecosystem Based Management Game

NOAA Scholarship awarded to Jan Vicente to study the impact of ocean acidification on marine sponges

NOAA Scholarship awarded to Jan Vicente to study the impact of ocean acidification on marine sponges

Appalachian Laboratory receives grant from NASA to study growth rate of trees in a longer growing season

Appalachian Laboratory receives grant from NASA to study growth rate of trees in a longer growing season

Record spat production aids Maryland's oyster restoration

Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD

Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD

Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD

Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD

Farewell to Jeff Allenby

Science communication courses in Cambridge and Samoa

A Habitat-Based Framework for Communicating Natural Resource Condition

Job vacancy: Coastal Communities Planner

The coastal syndromes and hotspots on the coast

Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)

Scott Nixon nourished our ecological souls

Water: dam 3

Urban: city building 11

Urban: church 3

Watershed 3D: volcanic island with crater lakes and waterfalls

WhaleWatch: New project uses satellite tracking to help reduce number of whales entangled in fishing gear

Generic fern

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza 2

Fale 6 (Samoa)

Intsia bijuga (Ifilele)

Acridotheres tristis (Common Myna)

Fale: Tsunami damaged (Samoa)

Generic orchid

Holothurian 1

Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral)

Pluvialis fulva (Pacific Golden Plover)

Merremia peltata

Gymnomyza samoensis (Ma'o Ma'o)

Acanthaster planci (Crown-of-Thorns starfish)

Tridacna gigas (Giant Clam)

Trochomorpha apia

Spathodea campanulata (African Tulip)

Environmental leaders gather to discuss Chesapeake Bay and human health

Double-hulled fishing boat (Samoa)

Plate coral: crown of thorns damage

Palagi house (Samoa)

Lake

Inputs: sediments 2

Inputs: nutrients 2

Waterfall 2

Waterfall 1

Urban: church 2

Fawn Along the Shoreline

Shoreline

Dock

Outrigger canoe (Samoa)

Dr. Allen Place honored with President's Award for Science Application

Samoa State of the Environment 2012

Dr. Allen Place honored with President's Award for Science Application

Connect the Dots climate action day at Blackwater

2011 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Welcome to Richard Tian

Assessing Progress: Implementing the Recommendations of the National Oil Spill Commission

Barrier Islands and Sea-level Rise education module

Surfer returns to the beach.

Global Day of Climate Change - Blackwater event on May 5

Lady Maryland

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Marine trash removal

Marine trash removal

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Living Classrooms water quality demonstration

Erosion

Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm) 2

Cocos nucifera (Coconut Palm) 1

Western Maryland principal honored with environmental stewardship award

Focus Group Evaluation of Tributary Report Cards

Samoan fishermen at sunset

Samoan fisherman at sunset

Samoan fale

Enclosed fale with drying pandanus leaves

Steps cut in coconut palm

Merremia smothering a coconut palm

Coastal road and seawall in Samoa

Fish market in Apia, Samoa

Double-hulled fishing boat (Samoa)

Double-hulled fishing boats (Samoa)

Western Maryland principal honored with environmental stewardship award

Coral larva

Coastal lava flow

Fale 4 (Samoa)

Fale 3 (Samoa)

Fale: enclosed 1 (Samoa)

Fale 1 (Samoa)

Fale: traditional (Samoa)

Fale: enclosed 3 (Samoa)

Fale: enclosed 2 (Samoa)

Fale 5 (Samoa)

Fale 2 (Samoa)

2011 Chester River Report Card

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Marsh Plants

Marsh Plants

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Floating Wetlands event

Chesapeake Bay 2011 report card release at Baltimore Harbor

Assessing Progress

Chesapeake Bay health drops to a D+ in 2011

2011 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Chesapeake Bay health drops to a D+ in 2011

Dr. Michael Kemp honored with Regents' Faculty Award for Excellence

Dr. Michael Kemp honored with Regents' Faculty Award for Excellence

State of the Anacostia River - 2011

2012 West & Rhode Rivers Report Card

Discover hands-on science for the whole family at the Appalachian Laboratory Open House

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Choptank River Bridge

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Pleasure Cove Marina

Sillery Bay

Magothy River

Magothy River

Private Island

Chesapeake Bay Sediment Plumes

Chesapeake Bay Sediment Plumes

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Port of Baltimore

Port of Baltimore

Sediment Plumes

Port of Baltimore

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Port of Baltimore

Port of Baltimore

Port of Baltimore

Port of Baltimore

M&T Bank Stadium

M&T Bank Stadium

M&T Bank Stadium

City of Baltimore

Solar Array

IMET building

IMET building

Sediment Curtain

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

Highways of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

M&T Bank Stadium

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

City of Baltimore

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment

Waterfront Property

Waterfront Property

Back River, Maryland

Back River, Maryland

Waterfront Property

Pier

Flyover of Tavern Creek

Flyover of Tavern Creek

Cover Crops

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Riparian vegetation

Chester River

Farm Land

Chester River

Herbicide Use in Land Management

Herbicide Use in Land Management

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Grassed waterways (best management practice)

Sandbank

Sandbank

Sandbank

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Sanitary district

Sanitary district

Chesapeake Bay Bridge marina

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Flyover of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Kent Island Bridge, Maryland

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Bay Bridge Flyover

Sediment plumes

Sandy Point State Park

Baltimore, Maryland

Crop Circles

Upper reaches of Whitehall Creek.

Brandon Shores Power Plant

Sediment Plumes

Brandon Shores Power Plant

Industrial storage

Wastewater Treatment

Sediment Plumes

Sediment Plumes

Sediment Plume

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Railroad Bridge

Riparian Buffer

Industrial Complex

Industrial Complex

Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD, USA

Consol Energy Corporation, Port of Baltimore, MD, USA

Industrial Complex

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Fort McHenry

Sediment Plumes

Sediment Plumes

Industrial Complex

Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Swan Creek Road, Kent County, MD

Swan Creek Road, Kent County, MD

Thompson Creek

Thompson Creek

Thompson Creek

UMCES Facebook challenge

Course in communicating science effectively

Assessing the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change

Streamlining environmental reporting in the Pacific region

Interactive symbol creation tutorial

Environmental report card workshop in Surfers Paradise, Australia

Education program cultivates leaders in marine science

Assessing the vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change

How to trace a photo in Illustrator into a vector symbol - an interactive tutorial

Environmental report card workshop in Surfers Paradise, Australia

Streamlining environmental reporting in the Pacific region

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 12 - Questions From the Seminar

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 11 - Conclusion

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 10 - Innovations in Governance/BaySTAT

Rain barrel

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 9 - Innovations in Governance

Study confirms oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 8 - Environmental Report Cards

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 7 - Innovations in Environmental Reporting

Business: group presentation

Business: man sitting 1

Business: woman sitting 2

Business: woman sitting 1

Business: man sitting 3

Business: man sitting 2

Underwater Tree

Ghost Pot

Enjoying the Bay

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 6 - Using press and video in science communication

2012 South River Report Card

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 5 - Innovations in Science Communication

Mid-Atlantic suburbs can expect an early spring thanks to the heat of the big city

Study confirms oil from Deepwater Horizon disaster entered food chain in the Gulf of Mexico

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 4 - The Annapolis Synthesis Center

Mid-Atlantic suburbs can expect an early spring thanks to the heat of the big city

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 3 - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

BAY 101 - Science of the Chesapeake Bay for Non-Scientists

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 2 - Innovations in Synthesis

Innovations in Environmental Synthesis, Reporting and Governance: Part 1 - Introduction

Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund

Science Communication and Translation Course

2010 Trust Fund Water Quality Monitoring Strategy

Photo competition reminder

Australian schools geography curriculum uses the IAN online diagram creator

Associated Job Vacancies

Oil Spill Containment

Sweet prickly pear (Opuntia dillenii)

Blowout Preventer

Arctic Drilling

Government 2

Landmark study of leatherback turtle migration identifies Pacific danger zones for critically-endangered species

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 15- Questions from the Seminar

Landmark study of leatherback turtle migration identifies Pacific danger zones for critically-endangered species

Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: symbol requests and development

United Nations Environmental Programme: Ecosystem Based Management

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 14- The Dugong Rock

Dead tree 3

Deer overbrowse: tree

Deer overbrowse: shrub

Bamboo 2

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 13- Conclusion

Urban: apartment building 3

Urban: apartment building 2

Urban: apartment building 1

Suburban: rancher 2

Inputs: nutrients, toxins, sediment

Inputs: toxics

Florida DEP: workshop facilitation and newsletter

Florida Sea Grant: South Florida Ecosystem Synthesis

SIBER Workshop

Packard Foundation: Training Federal Agencies in Ecosystem-Based Management

NOAA: National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment

NOAA: Ecosystem Research and Coastal Management

The Nature Conservancy: science communication training for West Papua, Indonesia

NCEAS: Global trajectories of seagrasses

Conservation International: Adapting to climate change in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

NOAA: Beach Advisory Decision Support Systems

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 12- Charismatic Environmental Initiatives

Petroleum industry: oil tanker

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 11- Monitoring of the Moreton Bay

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 10- Progress in Monitoring and Management

Sus scrofa domestica (domestic pig)

Sus scrofa (wild boar)

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 9- Sea-level Rise and Flooding

Hiker: overnight

Cannon

2011 Magothy River Index

Communicating science and assessment to increase the visibility and utility of NOAA research

2011 annual report highlights importance of graduate education in preparing environmental leaders

Annual report highlights role of graduate education in preparing tomorrow’s scientific leaders

Logging truck

UMCES commissioned to assemble reports on best management practices for shale gas development in Maryland

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 8- Examples of Flooding in Europe

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 7- Examples of Flooding in the United States

Fiji: Lami Town

Fiji: Lami Town

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 6- Global Initiatives in Response to Flooding

Anseranas semipalmata (Magpie Goose) 1

Catostylus mosaicus (Jelly Blubber)

Ceratopteris spp.

Pandanus spp.

Rice 2

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 5- Preparing for Floods

Sepia officinalis (Common Cuttlefish)

Nautilus pompilius (Chambered Nautilus)

The 1st Annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card Photo Contest

The Central Role of Dispersal in the Maintenance and Persistence of Seagrass Populations

Bacteria sampling and data analysis protocol

Course in communicating science effectively

South East Queensland Floods 2011 newsletter #4

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 4- The Brisbane River Renaissance

Problema bulenta (Rare Skipper)

Tomorrow's Scientists

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 3- History of Flooding in Brisbane

New national think tank poises Maryland as leader in finding environmental solutions

South East Queensland Floods 2011

Explaining our catchment

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 2- A Learning Moment

Brisbane 2011: Living with Floods and Dancing with Dugongs: Part 1- Introduction

Coastal Louisiana Master Plan released

Australia reflections

Stream 3D: unhealthy

Stream 3D: healthy

Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse)

Nutrient trading in Chesapeake Bay

Sabbatical reflections

Savai'i Island, Samoa; lava, blowholes, pigs, churches

Chesapeake citizens are well informed: New poll results of Maryland public perception of Chesapeake Bay restoration

Strymon melinus (Grey Hairstreak)

Samoa; tsunamis, coral reefs, fishing, dredging

A visit to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Samoa

Developing a Gulf of Mexico report card

Bacteria sampling and data analysis protocol addendum for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators

Report card days of Christmas

Gulf of Mexico Summit 2011

Baltimore’s harbor health leaves room for improvement

Climate Change and the Holidays

Baltimore’s harbor health leaves room for improvement

Baltimore Harbor Assessment

Welcome to Liza Hernandez and Daniel Levey

100 million symbols downloaded

Seagrass Calendar 2012

Happy New Year from IAN

Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle)

Urban: apartment building 4

Deepwater research station

Retail: gasoline pump

Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic Goliath Grouper) 1

Magnifying glass

Microscope

Overfishing

Padlock

South Florida marine environment

South Florida historical vs. current flow regime

South Florida peninsula habitat

South Florida lodge habitat

South Florida climate zone

Biogeographic province map

South Florida current trajectories

South Florida adult habitat gradient

Continental development

History of Florida land area

Geological history of Florida

Florida Keys during the quaternary period

Human effect on Florida species

Modern vs. core fauna

Historical salinity in south Florida bays

Hurricane formation

Human energy pyramid

Goliath grouper population (Florida)

Collecting oceanographic data

Gulf Stream Schematic

South Florida weather patterns

South Florida currents and eddies

South Florida water volume transport

South Florida marine animal development

South Florida tide

Healthy vs. eutrophic ecosystem

Modern Wastewater Treatment

Water quality monitoring

Methods of data collection

The nitrogen cycle

The phosphorus cycle

Cesspool seepage prior to improved wastewater treatment

Cross section of sampling well array

Life cycle of a poliovirus

Impact of phytoplankton community on food web structure

Virus tracer study

Sources of pollution to nearshore waters in the Florida Keys

Sources, transport, and cycling of inorganic mercury and methylmercury to the marine environment

Microbial food web of the mangrove forest

Simplified seagrass food web

Biomagnification of mercury within aquatic food chain

Phytoplankton bloom feedback loops

Formation of coral colony via asexual budding

Healthy vs. biologically stressed coral reef ecosystem

Structure of a coral polyp

Alligator Reef growth limitation

Reduction of user conflicts in marine environments

Primary productivity of seagrass beds

Seagrass meadow food web

Relationship between plant size, nutrient requirement and growth rate

Nutrient availability influences algae and seagrass location

Bird stake installation

Florida Bay hydrological conditions

Seagrass nutrient transport

Changes in seagrass in Johnson Key Basin

Change in seagrasses after bird stake installation

Seagrass distribution

Model explaining seagrass die-off in Florida Bay

Carbon fixation by seagrass communities

Life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster

Mangrove forest wildlife

Queen conch life cycle

Seagrass life history strategies

Mangroves provide critical habitat

Mangrove ecological functions

Mangrove conservation and restoration practices

Dominant mangrove species of south Florida

Spiny lobsters are key component of south Florida marine ecosystem

Female lobster spawning migration

Lobster nighttime foraging

Goliath grouper life cycle

Potential inundation of mangroves by sea-level rise

Black salt marsh mosquito life cycle

Morinda Citrifolia (Indian Mulberry)

Saltwater Intrusion on Barrier Islands

A pub always needs a privy

State of Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010

Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010

Those Aussies have a carbon tax?

Homeowner is allowed to fill in wetlands

Seagrass Calendar 2012

Relative Sea-level Rise

Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA

Experiment for Thermal Expansion

Sea-level Rise and Storm Surges on Barrier Islands

UMCES researchers attend biennial Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference

A vision for the Gulf of Mexico Report Card

Department of Natural Resources partnership

New UMCES Annapolis Office

Don Boesch receives Energy & Environmental Leadership Award

It's fowl to be sustainable

Don Boesch receives Energy & Environmental Leadership Award

A vision for the Gulf of Mexico Report Card

Diagram showing threats to the seagrasses and birds in the Gulf of Mexico.

A Lonely Boat

USA: Barrier Islands on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

2011 Sassafras River Report Card

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Dr. Ed Houde receives Lifetime Achievement Award from American Fisheries Society

Climate Disruption

CRIME DON'T PAY IN THE USA

Dr. Ed Houde receives Lifetime Achievement Award from American Fisheries Society

Experiment Demonstrating Melting Ice

New study uncovers how animals use underground highway culverts

Characterization and Comparison of Stream Nutrients, Land Use, and Loading Patterns in Maryland Coastal Bay Watersheds

New science integrator Jonathan Kellogg

Chesapeake Bay Summer Review

Healthy Darwin Harbour: Pathways and Partnerships newsletter

Healthy Darwin Harbour: Pathways and Partnerships

Assessing the ecological and human health status of Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Partnering with watershed organizations to produce tributary-specific report cards

Elevation and Living Shoreline

A Decline in dead zones: Study shows efforts to heal Chesapeake Bay are working

Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)

Atmosphere Warming Changes

Dredging for Oysters

Mysterious glow of plankton explained by recent study

Chrysemys picta (pinted turtle) sitting in the sun

Typha x glauca (White Cattail)

Hawaiin Tree Fern Pulu Fiber

Setting the Trotline

Bald Cypress Knees

Application of a new monitoring and analysis protocol to assess the health of Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Gulf of Mexico Report Card Initiative

Assateague Island National Seashore educator-scientist collaboration

IAN welcomes Simon Costanzo and Alexandra Fries

Megacities in the coastal zone paper

Elliotts Island Road

Elliotts Island Road

Unique Barge Enters Research Fleet to Test Ballast Water Treatment Technologies

Lessons learned from the Natural Resource Condition Assessment program

Horn Point Wins at the Cambridge Mainstreet Summer Send-off

Affects of tropical storm Irene

Ohelo in Hawaiian

Lava flow at the coast in Hawaii

Kileaua Caldera

Acacia Koa Tree

No Littering

Gulf of Mexico Report Card Initiative

Diagram showing features of and threats to Darwin Harbour.

IAN staff transitions

Extinction risk assessment of the world's seagrass species

Great Barrier Reef Report Card

Global Summit on Coastal Seas conference

Tim Carruthers moves to Samoa

Chesapeake Oyster Population Less Than One Percent of Historic Levels

Fishing Rod

Student Research Day Held at UMCES-IMET

Monitoring: biologist bird-watcher

Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey

Monitoring: surface elevation table

Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats on Barrier Island

Monitoring: deer population count

Monitoring: beach topography

Ocypode (Ghost Crab)

Chrysemys picta (Painted turtle)

Ardea Herodias (Great Blue Heron)

Great Barrier Reef Report Card Summary - 2009 Baseline

Great Barrier Reef Report Card Regional Summaries - 2009 Baseline

Great Barrier Reef Technical Report Card - 2009 Baseline

Assessing the ecological and human health status of Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Diagram showing key features of and major threats to the Great Barrier Reef.

summer humidity over soybean field

Egret in a Local Runoff Pipe

Osprey

Snapping Turtle

Waterspout

Coral reefs and climate change education module

Creating a Shared Vision for the Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Region

Science-to-Action Guidebook

Natural resource condition assessments for national battlefield parks

Science Communication Intern position available

Dr. Thomas Miller takes the Helm of the UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

Lutjanus jocu (Dog teeth snapper)

2010 Nanticoke River Report Card

Australian cities and waterways: Melbourne, Port Phillip Bay and the Yarra River

Australian cities and waterways: Sydney and Sydney Harbour

Australian cities and waterways: Brisbane, Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River

Brisbane 2011: Living with floods and dancing with dugongs

Australian cities and waterways: Connections, crossings, celebrations, and culture

Estuary 3D: braided river and mudflat

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetland and waterway habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Boggo Road Ecosciences Precinct; high tech laboratory on an old gaol site

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forest habitats within Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Queenscliff, Bellarine peninsula and Victoria embayments

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Antietam National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Manassas National Battlefield Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

Monocacy National Battlefield Natural Resource Condition Assessment Resource Brief

Brisbane 2011: Living with floods and dancing with dugongs

Crab Hole

Freshwater forest

Freshwater forest

Plant Cage

Plant Cage

Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)

Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)

Skate egg case

Dune Grass

Dune Overwash

Dune Overwash

Vehicle tracks

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) under protective cage

Sand dunes encroach upon forest and shrub zone

Ocean overwash area

Cages protect seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) from grazing

Communicating climate change via a melting ice bear

Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management - An Introductory Guide

Job Vacancy: Estuarine Response Data Analyst

Assateague Island National Seashore Natural Resource Condition Assessment

2011 Chesapeake Bay dissolved oxygen forecast

2010 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Seven attributes of a vibrant science group

Healthy Waterways Champion Award speech

Marine Botany lives on

Dugong Rock; Using iconic creatures in conservation

Aythya valisineria (Canvasback) in flight

Flooding in Queensland: The story of the Paluma

2010 Maryland Coastal Bays report card

Assateague Island National Seashore Natural Resource Condition Assessment

2010 Chester River Report Card

Assateague Island National Seashore Natural Resource Condition Assessment - Executive Summary

The perspective from Australia's Top End; fishing, international waters, and invasive species

Darwin: Captain Wickham, Harriet the Tortoise, Alaskan similarities, and Darwinian art

2011 Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Forecast

Natural gas, live cattle, algal blooms & crocodiles: Darwin Harbour field trip

A virtual international collaboration producing conceptual diagrams

Developing a Swan River report card

Taking Steps toward Marine and Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management - An Introductory Guide

A microcosm of the world's water quality problems: Peel-Harvey field trip

Swanlands: Western Australia estuaries

Five Steps to Develop an Environmental Report Card

Hierarchical Structure of Report Card Framework

Conceptual framework for an environmental report card

Gulf of Mexico watershed

Sugarcane 101: Project Catalyst field trip

Creating a Shared Vision for the Mackay-Whitsunday-Isaac Region

Science-to-Action Guidebook

Sugar, Coca-Cola, WWF, clickers and scorecards

Deep Creek Lake Baseline Condition Assessment

Sampling and Data Analysis Protocols for Mid-Atlantic Tidal Tributary Indicators

Total Maximum Daily Loads: A citizen's guide to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL

War in the Pacific National Historical Park brochure

Reasons to be optimistic about sugarcane impacts on the Great Barrier Reef

Lumbricus spp. (Earthworm) 2

Riparian Rhapsodies in Customs House

Walking tour of Brisbane (Part 3): Parliament, World War II and beyond

Walking tour of Brisbane (Part 2): Financial district, riverside and botanic gardens

Walking tour of Brisbane (Part 1): Parklands, City Hall and ANZAC

Total Maximum Daily Loads: A citizen's guide to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL

HMB Endeavour sets sail

Generic shrub: tropical

Generic tree: rainforest 3

Urban: city 1

War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

Banana tree with fruit

Banana tree 1

The HMS Endeavour 'discovers' the Great Barrier Reef

Scientific discovery aboard the HMS Endeavour

Generic shrub: temperate

Stoplight colors for environmental report cards

Creating a global symbol language

2010 Trust Fund Water Quality Monitoring Strategy

Dugong oil vat, sand mining and Geoff Moore

Small spotted genet

Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators

Business: planning meeting

Teacher

One Mile Harbour, Moreton Bay

Business colleagues

Restoration: planting trees

Restoration: man planting tree

Restoration: girl planting tree

Restoration: boy with shovel

Hospitality: flight attendant

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of croplands within Monocacy National Battlefield.

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of grasslands within Monocacy National Battlefield.

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of pasture lands within Monocacy National Battlefield.

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Monocacy National Battlefield.

Diagram showing desired and degraded condition of forests within Monocacy National Battlefield.

Diagram showing summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Monocacy National Battlefield.

Moreton Bay Research Station

Melissa Andreychek moves to New York

Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2010

Case studies of Regional Ecosystem Research

Science Integrator position

South East Queensland Floods 2011 newsletter #3

Flood newsletter on seagrasses, turtles and dugongs

South East Queensland Floods 2011

Mackay field trip #2: Sugarcane

Mackay field trip #1: Lagoons, champions and mangroves

Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

"Rainbow Literature": Peer reviewed, colorful science communication products

Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card Shows Slight Decline in 2010

2010 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Coastline 2D: nearshore reef

Freight: port crane 1

New conceptual diagram worksheet developed

Ardeidae (Heron) perched on a skiff

AL Honors Maryland Park Service’s Caroline Blizzard for Raising Environmental Awareness in Western Maryland

Appalachian Laboratory Honors Maryland Park Service’s Caroline Blizzard for Raising Environmental Awareness in Western Maryland

Dashboard books on fire: Communicating fire management creatively

TERN, TERN, TERN

Freight: port 1

Freight: cargo ship 1

TERN workshop

Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands, and reef

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands, and reef-2

Margaret Palmer Recognized by USM Regents for Advancing the Role of Science in Public Policy

UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Director Margaret Palmer Receives Highest University Award

Storyboarding to generate a science newsletter

Light availability

Launching the Healthy Waterways Alliance in Mackay

Purse Seine

Horn Point Lab Professor Honored for Marine Research

Dr. John Snow and Jack Maple, kindred spirits

State of the Anacostia River - 2010

Case studies of Regional Ecosystem Research

2011 West & Rhode Rivers Report Card

Fish school-3

Fish school-2

Avicennia germinans (Black Mangrove) : stress

Avicennia germinans (Black Mangrove) : dead

Estuary 3D: Sea-level rise diptych

Estuary 3D: River Mouth Triptych

Sea turtles, dugong and a major city skyline

Estuary 3D: braided river mouth

Integrating science with people: Creating the corpus callosum connections

Ammodytes dubius (Northern Sand Lance)

Benthic Trawling

Benthic Trawler

Benthic Otter Trawl

Discovering Southeast Queensland waterways and rediscovering Liz Clarke

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) 1

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) 2

Capital building

Water: drinking water treatment plant 1

Some Healthy Waterways history

Coral Health Index (CHI): measuring coral community health

Allison Dungan starts Master's program at University of Wisconsin

South East Queensland Floods 2011 newsletter #2

LOICZ Open Science Conference

Classifying environmental problems

Conceptual diagrams in a chapel

2011 South River Scorecard

Innovations in environmental synthesis, reporting and governance

Discussion following Megan Ward seminar on Nanticoke Watershed Alliance: A New Model for Conservation

Discussion following Andrew Muller and Diana Muller seminar on Emerging hypoxia trends in the South River

Deep Creek Lake Baseline Condition Assessment

Water: sewage treatment plant: tertiary

Water: sewage treatment plant: primary

International RiverFoundation

Seagrass meadow

Energy: wind turbine 1

Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Hotspots

Celebrating Success: Healthy Waterways Awards

Watershed 3D: river mouth, mudflat, beach, and rocky headlands

Deep Creek Lake Baseline Assessment Report

Léon Foucault — Science Communicator

Flood newsletter on impacts to creeks, streambanks and paddocks

South East Queensland Floods 2011

Coral Health Index (CHI): measuring coral community health

Experiential education: Changing the way we teach

Diagram showing pressures to the world's coral reefs.

Hudsonia tomentosa (Beach Heath)

Ammophila breviligulata (American Beachgrass)

Toxicants: low

Encountering Former Students

UMCES-IMET Student Earns Aquaculture Scholarship

International WaterCentre field trip to North Stradbroke Island

Online Diagram Creator

2010 Magothy River Index

Bay Action Plan Blog

South East Queensland Flood Newsletter

IAN Symbol Libraries reach 2500 symbols

Job Opportunity - Program Coordinator: Adapting to Climate Change

IAN Symbol Libraries reach 2500 symbols

Concentration: low sulfate

Concentration: intermittent sulfate

Concentration: high sulfate

Cicindela dorsalis media (Eastern Beach Tiger Beetle)

South East Queensland 2011 flood newsletter

South East Queensland Floods 2011

Lunch with Mayor Allan Sutherland in Redcliffe

Two Guys and a Tinny: Conducting estuarine assessments

Horn Point Laboratory Launches “Chesapeake Bay 101” Science Program for Local Residents

Cantharellus cibarius (Golden Chanterelle)

Lobaria pulmonaria

CBL Scientist Lauded for Research Linking Environmental Conditions and Japanese Crab Populations

Societal learning moments: The importance of timely, synthetic science communication

Corymbia spp. (Ghost Gum)

Moray Eel

Watershed restoration discussion

Ft. Story aerial view

Chamorro canoe

University

dead fish north branch Hewletts Creek July 3, 2005

Fraxinus americana (White Ash)

Picoides pubescens (Downy Woodpecker)

Dendroica cerulea (Cerulean Warbler)

Nocomis leptocephalus (Bluehead Chub)

Rhinichthys atronasus (Blacknose Dace)

Polygonum cespitosum (Oriental Lady's Thumb)

Microstegium vimineum 2 (Japanese Stiltgrass)

Sanguisorba canadensis (Canadian Burnet)

Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower Coral)

Diodon hystrix (Spot-fin Porcupinefish)

Macropus rufus (Red Kangaroo)

Macropus agilis (Agile Wallaby)

Epinephelus tukula (Potato Cod)

Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse) : male

More Randy Alberte memories

storm drain

Soil sampling

2010 Magothy River Index

Moreton Bay seagrasses after the flood

Baltimore Harbor Health Assessment Sets Baseline for Renewed Cleanup Effort

Agrostis spp. (Tickle Grass)

Queenslander!: The rallying cry for flood recovery

Clean Marina

Global Summit on Coastal Seas Conference

Old Oregon Inlet Rd. ditch bloom

Ecosystem services of the ocean

Queensland floods; 2011

Discussion following Bob Hirsch seminar on Are we making progress? Interpreting the nutrient flux records for the major rivers flowing to the Chesapeake Bay

IAN delivers environmental science films through SchoolTube

Baltimore State of the Harbor Conference

MD Commission on Climate Change adaptation report

Dennison sabbatical in Queensland, Australia

Bradley Creek turbidity

UMCES President Don Boesch Recognized for Environmental Stewardship by Maryland Public Television

Sabbatical in Queensland

UMCES in 2010: Remarkable Science for a Remarkable Time

Spirobranchus giganteus (Christmas Tree Worms) 2

Spirobranchus giganteus (Christmas Tree Worms) 1

Oil and Water Separator

Drum Point Lighthouse

Waterfall along the road

Cliff dwelling birds

Shenandoah Mountain Range

Exothermic reaction

The Doser

Acid mine tailings

Oyster dredge

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park

David caught a frothing crab

Anemone

Pacific Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)

Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)

Tree-lined Skyline Drive

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Bill gets interviewed

USA: states

Investing in math and science education: "Our generation's Sputnik moment"

Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle)

Tree along the River Isar

Power lines among the fields

Forest in Maui

Idle Fishing Rods

Withered corn during a drought

Withered sunflowers

White Tailed Buck

Road in the Sky

Palm tree in the wind

Strangler fig tree and epiphytes

Rainforest in Maui

Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Skilletfish found among oyster shells in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Urban stream in Szombathely

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Garden in the Garden District

Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

Sand dollars (Dendraster excentricus)

Fisherman's Wharf

Kelp forest

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Mountain ridge

Empty Annapolis Marina

Cherry blossoms

tributary of Monie Bay

Garden of Eden

Silouetted rainforest

Acid mine tailing mitigation

Preparation of field equipment

Budapest on the Danube River

Charleston Beaches

Cycas revoluta

Matthews Arm campground

Icicles over a rock outcrop

Skyline Drive

Naval Academy

Dolphin Show

Blue Crab Research May Help Chesapeake Bay Watermen Improve Soft Shell Harvest

Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Maryland's Vulnerability to Climate Change, Phase II: building societal, economic, and ecological resilience

Roots and Ferns

Trail outlined by roots

White flower found on Maui

Growing grapes

Grapevines in a vineyard

Ferns at Shenandoah

Rainforest on Maui

Mitigating acid mine tailings

Acid mine tailings headwaters

Raingear on the Patuxent

Harper's Ferry

Blossoms at Harper's Ferry

Scubby tree on Telescope Peak trail

Canaan Valley State Park

Canaan Valley State Park

Waterfall and stream in Canaan Valley State Park

Canaan Valley State Park

Stream

Old tree

Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District

Duck

New Commission Report Prepares Maryland For Climate Change

Pine tree

Landshut, Germany

Landshut, Germany

Landshut, Germany

Palm trees and a parking lot

Clouds above the rainforest

Starfish

Snow at high altitude

Telescope Peak

Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Fishing with General Pershing

Big Sky and trees

Waxy flower

Rocky coast of Maui

Meadows

Olive grove

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Lazy sea lions

Unusual grass rockfish

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Sampling bacteria and viruses in Monie Bay, NERRS

Buoys in Monie Creek

Calipers

Ground oyster tissue

Sediment slurries

Palm Sunset

Ground oyster tissue and tin capsule

Grinding with mortar and pestle

Drying oven

Oyster shells for restoration

Oyster shells for restoration

Raingear on deck

Plankton collection

Sediment core preparation

Checking equipment on the Aquarius

Sediment grab

Fishing net

Sifting for benthic organisms

Water sample preparation

Snow on the rocks

Urban stream

Urban stream

Charleston Beaches

Brood X Cicada

White tailed fawn

Haleakala Crater, Maui

Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Mine Tailings

R/V Aquarius

Measurements in the rain

Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns

Spring water flows at Harper's Ferry

Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators

Oysters growing on rocks

Salamander in Canaan Valley State Park

Severn River Report Card Release

Landshut on the River Isar

Fishing Pier at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Acidic mine tailings in stream

Nutria (Myocaster coypus)

Sediment grab sampler

Fishing net trap door

Cages for deploying oyster biological indicators

Newsletter Layout exercise

Sugarcane plantation

Sugarcane

Field: fallow

Field: harvesting

Field: winter crop

Winter crop

Field: ploughed

Aldrichetta forsteri (Yellow-eye Mullet)

Tardigrade

Rhabdosargus sarba (Tarwhine)

Polychaete with white bristles

Nematode

Mugil cephalus (Flathead Mullet)

Gerres subfasciatus (Silver Biddy)

Acropora: black band disease

Acropora: brown band disease

Engraulis australis (Australian Anchovy)

Coastal toilet 1

Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Cobbler)

Chanos chanos (Milkfish) 1

Carcharhinus leucas (Bull Shark) 2

Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Tropical silverside)

Arripis georgianus (Australian Herring)

Argyrosomus spp. (Mulloway)

Amniataba caudavittata (Yellowtail trumpeter)

Industrial building 2

Industrial building 1

Hyperlophus vittatus (Sandy Sprat)

Hospitality: tourism resort

Gracilaria spp. 2

Generic tree: rainforest 2

Generic tree: rainforest 1

Fishing village (Indonesia)

Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalypt) 3

Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalypt) 2

Plastic bottle 1

Plastic bag 2

Pelates sexlineatus (Six-lined Trumpeter)

Nematalosa vlaminghi (Western Australian Gizzard Shad)

Mussels 2

Mooring buoy

Meteorological tower

Industrial park

Industrial building 4

Industrial building 3

Triodia spp. (Spinifex)

Stilt house (Indonesia) 2

Stilt house (Indonesia) 1

Sillaginodes punctata (King George Whiting)

Seaweed farm 2

Sea anemone 2

Plastic bottle 2

Cheilinus undulatus (Humphead Wrasse) : female

Willow on the Isar River

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Fishing rods along a pier

View from Haleakala

Luray Caverns

Camel

Treasury Hall at Petra, Jordan

Kayaking at Harper's Ferry

Death Valley National Park

Gas chromatograph with electron capture detector

Sheep

Oysters and barnacles on a piling

Redistributing Oyster Gardens

Church at Harper's Ferry

Wading at Blackwater

City Dock in Annapolis

Budapest on the Danube River

Olive grove

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Park overpass

Fire management: crew member with drip torch 1

Water: water tower

Silversword atop Haleakala

Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

Collecting water samples

Ghost crab pot

Sitting off the dock on the Bay

Pony

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Newsletter Layout exercise

Newsletter Layout exercise

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Locust

View along Appalachian Trail

Slope and elevation

Conceptual Diagram workshop with National Park Service

agriculture in Bavaria

Collected oysters

Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata)

Stream in Haleakala National Park

Rainforest in Haleakala National Park

Stream in Maui

Island in the river at Harper's Ferry

Harper's Ferry

Oysters growing along rocks

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Annapolis Rocks

Vista from Skyline Drive

Vista from Skyline Drive

Conceptionary in action: Learning through play

Isar River, Germany

Nutria (Myocaster coypus)

Rainbow over the Choptank

Taylor float for oyster gardening

Budapest on the Danube River

Wetland Bird

Dune grasses in bloom

Erosion from 30000 feet

Vista from Shenandoah National Park

Sailboat

Maui's harbour

Myna bird in a palm tree

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Charleston Beaches

Oil Spill Commission Calls For Urgent Drilling Reform

Salt Marsh on Little Creek

Monie Creek

Curve of the creek

Low tide along a salt marsh

High tide in Little Creek

Salt Marsh on Monie Creek

Sunset over Patuxent River

Planting oysters onto restoration reef

Transporting Oysters

Oyster Spat on Shell

tributary of Monie Bay

low tide along a salt marsh

Low tide along a salt marsh

Red Fungi

Haleakala Crater

View of the valley and clouds from Haleakala

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Marsh grasses at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Oyster Gardening

Low tide in a salt marsh

Marsh buffer

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Charleston Beaches

Boardwalk

Vista from Skyline Drive

Shoreline stabilization

Oyster

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Palm trees

Stunted plant growth along Haleakala

Praying mantis

Budapest on the Danube River

Intertidal zone of Cadiz, Spain

Non-point source control

Bavarian farmhouse

Myna bird on Maui

Water sample analysis

Sediment core preparation

Fine sediments from Patuxent River

Cages for oyster biological indicators

Oyster biological indicators

Secchi disc on ice

Old and new coastal development

Alligator

Maui's coastline

Tide pools in lava rocks

Tide pools along the lava rocks of Maui's coast

Johnson Bay

Big sky at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Butterfly

Conservation International Economic Incentives Guidebook released

Two international NGOs invite IAN to science outreach conference in Zanzibar

Bill Dennison gives keynote address on communicating science at the Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada

Life after IAN: PhD graduate Ben Fertig begins fatherhood as a postdoc at Rutgers University

!hidden! The IAN tribe wishes you all the best for 2011

Rock outcropping

Patterns in the sand

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Conceptual diagramming workshop at Shenandoah National Park

Vista in Shenandoah National Park

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 8 - Communicating Science Effectively poster

View of Lanai from Kaanapali

Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns

Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Rocky intertidal

Alfara de Carles

Alfara de Carles in silouette

Alfara de Carles

Pelican

Blackfooted penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Vista from the Garden of Eden

Plankton net

Lookout at Blackwater Falls State Park

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

View along Appalachian Trail

Vista from Skyline Drive

Top of a waterfall

Rainclouds over Maui's coast

Praying mantis

Budapest on the Danube River

Budapest on the Danube River

Budapest on the Danube River

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wrought iron balconies

Ornate architechture

Charleston Beaches

Beach Development

Charleston Beaches

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 7 - O Canada!

Have A Nice Bay!

Diagram showing condition of habitats on Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of croplands within Antietam National Battlefield.

Flag: USA Hawaii Kanaka Maoli

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of forests within Antietam National Battlefield.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of grasslands within Antietam National Battlefield.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of pastures within Antietam National Battlefield.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of wetlands and waterways within Antietam National Battlefield.

This diagram shows the summary results of habitat-based resource condition assessment of Antietam National Battlefield.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of bay subtidal and mudflat habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of beach and intertidal habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of dune and grassland habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of forest and shrubland habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of salt marsh habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of inland wetland habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating features of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating threats to Assateague Island.

Diagram showing the habitats of Assateague Island in cross-section.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of bay subtidal and mudflat habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of beach and intertidal habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of dune and grassland habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of forest and shrubland habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of Atlantic subtidal habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of salt marsh habitats of Assateague Island.

Conceptual diagram showing condition of inland wetland habitats of Assateague Island.

Diagram illustrating desired and degraded condition of Atlantic subtidal habitats of Assateague Island.

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 6 - Five step program for environmental report cards

Charleston Beaches

Charleston Beaches

Luray Caverns

Sunset at Mesquite Flats campground

Jetty in the frozen Choptank River

Winter at the Horn Point dock

Frozen Choptank River

Burn management

Burn management

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Lilly pads

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Sea lion

Shenandoah

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 5 - Report card examples

Kayaking among the rocks

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 4 - Environmental Report Cards

Ducks at Blackwater

Wind twisted tree on mountainside

Wind swept tree

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 3 - History of Science Communication

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 2 - Incorporating visual elements

Bill Dennison speech to Latornell conference, Ontario, Canada: Part 1 - Science Communication

Zanzibar seems like a dream

Iron balconies

Duke of Gloucester St Church

Notes from Zanzibar; Communicating science workshop

Strait of Gibralter

Notes from Zanzibar; arrival

Residential development and marsh along Monie Creek

Kayaking: recreational

Traveling to Zanzibar

Rocky Outcropping

Vista from Shenandoah National Park

Exposed root structure

Haleakala crater

Monie Creek

Historic Maryland

Chesapeake Film Festival

Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District

Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Science Communication products

Golf course at Ocean Pines

Shari Wilson, Admiral of the Chesapeake Bay and Calliethos intellegente

Deploying oyster bioindicators

buoys at low tide

Balmy Palmy Sunset in Maui

Palms with a view

View out into Maui's valley

Lock system for canal at Harper's Ferry

Harper's Ferry

Railroad and St. Peter's Church at Harper's Ferry

Town of Harper's Ferry

Town of Harper's Ferry

Lookout at Blackwater Falls State Park

Lookout at Blackwater Falls State Park

Lookout at Blackwater Falls State Park

Coastal fort

Sailing in Annapolis

As seen on TV....or your computer, or your smart phone

Economic incentives for marine conservation

Look far and wide

Rober Lee docks at Horn Point Lab

Bike-friendly subway entrance

View above the clouds

US Coast Guard

Fort at Cadiz

Oysters on rocks

Lookout at Blackwater Falls State Park

Snake hiding in crevass

Battlement of the Parador de Tortosa

Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District

Lafayette Cemetary, Garden District

Hard Rock Cafe, Baltimore

Insect on Leaf

Trawler

Recreation and Industry

Science Magazine Highlights Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Resurgence

Alligator

Winter Secchi depth = 0

Phlox buckleyi wherry (Sword Leaf Phlox)

Mountains 3D: rocky outcrop and stream

Volatile organic compounds

What would a 7th grader do?

Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Three-toothed Cinquefoil)

Winter Secchi depth

Buoy marking oyster biological indicators

Measuring water quality

Strait of Gibralter

Collecting sediment cores

Canaan Valley State Park

Ducks along the Isar River

Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Oyster out of its shell

Five oysters out of their shell

Residential development and forest along Monie Creek

Dried oyster gills

Building docks

Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns

NPS Kaloko-Honokohau groundwater brochure

Booklet summarizing monitoring at Shenandoah National Park released

Expanding the diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition

Nanticoke and Sassafras River report cards released

Benefits of a marine protected area (MPA)

Lizard on a tree

Lava rocks along Maui coast

Black Snake at Harper's Ferry

Concrete bollard

Vehicle: SUV

2009 Sassafras River Report Card

Oysters and algae on rocks

Unsustainable fishing practices

Death Valley National Park

Budapest on the Danube River

Flowering grasses

Insect

Palm Tree at Sunset

Luna moth (Actias luna)

Luna moth (Actias luna)

Sunbathing

Surf Fishing

Cooler 1

Beach chair

Lava Coast

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park

Mesquite Flat Dunes

Mesquite Flat Dunes

Death Valley National Park

Annapolis Rocks

Rocky coast of Maui

Waterfalls leading to the ocean

What must the elephants be thinking?

Discussion following Don Weller seminar on Effects of riparian buffers on nitrate concentrations in watershed discharges: new models and management implications

The National Parks of Guam and Saipan

Harper's Ferry

A Conceptual Basis for Monitoring Vital Signs: Shenandoah National Park

Groundwater resources at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

Expanding the diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition

Communicating science effectively to engage decision-makers

CBL Scientist Helps AGU Communicate Climate Science

Captain Mike Reusing Retires after 44 Years of Service to UMCES

Research Fleet Captain Michael Reusing Honored for 44 Years of Service

Deploying oyster biological indicators

New Research Changes Understanding of C4 Plant Evolution

Riverwalk along the River Isar

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

(...)ey Ridge Visitor Center

Landshut on the River Isar

Dam along the River Isar, Germany

Landshut on the River Isar

Development amonst fields

Bridge over the River Isar

Ducks along the Isar River

Coast of Maui

Crane statues with a vista

Golf course adjacent to hardened shoreline

Development along Monie Creek

Collecting oyster biological indicators

Alligator

Fall leaves

Sediment slurry

A black sand beach

Hiking at Harper's Ferry

Harper's Ferry

New Regional Facility Opened to Advance Stable Isotope Research in Central Appalachians

Scrubby tree at high altitude

Maui lava coast

Title Pursuit

Blue Crab Status Report

Conservation International policy briefs released

2010 Chesapeake Bay summer conditions better than average

USS Arizona: once a site of human devastation, now a haven for marine life.

Tree-lined Skyline Drive

2010 Summer Review

Zen and the Art of Science Communication

Harper's Ferry

Sediment runoff

Nanticoke River Earns “B-minus” in Inaugural Report Card

Appalachian Laboratory Seeking Nominations for Annual Environmental Education Award

Luray Caverns

Tree branches

Tree and birdhouse

Lone Dead Tree

John Sarbanes at the Severn River Report Card Release

2009 Nanticoke River Report Card

Severn River Report Card Release

UMCES@IMET Scientists Attend IMBC 2010

Luray Caverns

Luray Caverns

Appalachian Laboratory Welcomes Western Marylanders at Open House Event

Mequite Flat Dunes at Death Valley National Park

Discussion following Margaret Palmer and Lisa Wainger seminar on Evidence-Based Restoration: Promoting Successful Restoration through Effective Monitoring and Adaptive Management

Haleakala above the clouds

USS Arizona: once a site of human devastation, now a haven for marine life

buoys in Little Monie Creek

UMCES Appalachian Laboratory to Host Open House October 23

Road up Haleakala

Luray Caverns

Blue Crab Status Report

Black Witch Moth

False Staghorn Faun

Barren tree

Tree at Harper's Ferry

Tree canopy in spring

Spring canopy forms at Harper's Ferry

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Remembering Randy Alberte

Rocky coast of Maui

Maui's lava coast

Lava coast

Adapting to climate change: maintaining ecosystem services for human well-being in the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

National Park of American Samoa: a place of spectacular beauty at our doorstep

Conservation International booklets released

Baltimore partnership begins new integrated assessment and restoration project

Death Valley National Park

Mequite Flat Dunes at Death Valley National Park

Mequite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park

Looking east at the Grapevine Mountains

Death Valley National Park

Footprints atop the dunes

Oyster bags under a frozen river

Alligator

Participatory water access planning for seaweed farms

Bridging the gap between human culture and conservation

Economic incentives motivate human behavior change

Sharing the iconic Jack Greer with the world

Writer perusing work

Filtration; total suspended solids analyses

Filtration; pigment analyses

Historic Research Pier to be Rebuilt at UMCES Chesapeake Biological Lab in Solomons

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory to Rebuild Historic Research Pier

Local and global declines of seagrass: is there a glimmer of hope?

Improving Fisheries Management through Science and Understanding

New Collaborative Process Can Help Improve Management of Marine Recreational Fisheries

River Sunset

Line Fishing Tackle

Adapting to climate change

Adapting to climate change

Living with the Sea: Local efforts buffer effects of global change

Flowers found at Harper's Ferry

Discussion following Bob Wood's seminar on Climate forcing of fisheries production in Chesapeake Bay over the last century

People and Oceans: Managing marine areas for human well-being

MMAs: What, why, and where

National Park of American Samoa

Sediment slurries

Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Fieldwork is fun!

Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Fieldwork in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Preparing sediment cores in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay: a retrospective newsletter

Communicating the cultural and ecological importance of coral reefs

UMCES launches Environmental Insights enewsletter

IAN bids farewell to Kate Boicourt; interns continue work

Citizens for Science seminar series

Discussion following Bill Dennison's seminar on Challenges and advantages of using citizen scientists for environmental monitoring

Amaranthus pumilus (Seabeach Amaranth)

Bamboo 1

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Lakes cove

Black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)

Choptank River

Blackwater River

Eastern tiger swallowtail

Snowberry clearwing

Mitigating Harmful Algae Blooms with Clay and Crab Shells

Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay: A Retrospective

Bike entrance to subway in Budapest

Boats at low tide

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Landshut on the River Isar

New Oyster Setting Facility to Help Expand Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Efforts

Naso lituratus (Naso Tang)

Map of old Boston

Poultry feeding operation

Assateague Island public beach

Are Offshore Windfarms Impacting Dolphins?

Discussion following Walter Boynton's seminar on Where has all the nitrogen gone? Hot spots in the land and seascape

Little Monie Creek

Turning the corner in Little Monie Creek

New Oyster Setting Facility Sets the Stage for Expanded Oyster Restoration Efforts

Bottlenose dolphins in the York River

Choptank Trib Team Wades Into San Domingo Creek

Ben Fertig became Dr. Ben Fertig on 6 July 2010

Long term trends in Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, USA, related to water quality

Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) δ15N as a bioindicator of nitrogen sources: Observations and modeling

Protecting the Great Barrier Reef through improved land management

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Conceptual Diagrams: Tools for Science Communication

Marine and coastal ecosystem features of the VIP

Climate change impacts on ecosystem and management

Threats to the marine resources of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Common harbell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)

Catch and Release Sign

Buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea)

Bowman Lake Campground

Hikers

Ground squirel burrow

Ground squirel burrow

Fish trap for population monitoring

Fish trap for population monitoring

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

East Glacier National Park

Cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja)

Moose traffic-jam

Moose cow

Irrigated agricultural fields

Indian paintbrush (Castilleja)

Montana meadow

Fly fishermen

Open range for cattle

Red Rock Canyon

Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium splendens) fiber close up

Kahili ginger blossom (Hedychium gardnerianum)

Kileaua caldera emits sulfur dioxide gas and steam

Steam vents above Kileaua caldera

Blanketflower(Gaillardia aristata)

Black bear and cub

Bighorn sheep, ram and ewe

Bighorn sheep traffic jam

Bighorn sheep herd waiting to cross road

Bighorn sheep, ewe and kid

Bear scat

Bear Resistant Trash Bin

Alpine fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

Alces Lake

Chipmunk

Bowman Lake bottom

Larkspur (Delphinium sp)

Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi)

Pine loss by pinebark beetle

Park area closure due to wildlife activity

Mule deer doe campsite visitor

Mountain wildflower meadow

Mountain wildflower meadow

Motorcyclist on fire road

Moose traffic-jam

Lodgepole pine loss by pinebark beetle

Lodgepole pine loss by pinebark beetle

Invasive sign at trailhead

Fire lookout

Salmon River paddlers

Saint Mary Lake- East side

Rock fall blocked roadway

Residential and agricultural development by irrigation

Railways often follow rivers

Private mines still worked

Flathead River kayakers

Kahili ginger blossom (Hedychium gardnerianum)

Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium splendens)

False staghorn fern (Dicranopteris linearis), Uluhe in Hawaiian

Black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata)

'Ohelo (Vaccinium reticulatum)

Koa tree (Acacia koa)

Lava flow at coast with spectator boat

Corbicula fluminea (Asian Clam)

Hawaiian double-hulled canoe (wa'a kaulua)

Porites lobata (lobe coral)

Porites (Finger Coral)

Porites lobata: bleached

Acropora cervicornis: bleached

Mushroom coral (Fungiidae)

Octocoral (Octocorallia)

Cellana exarata (Black Foot Opihi)

Linckia laevigata (Blue Linckia)

Samoan canoe

Family

Zebrasoma flavescens (Yellow Tang)

Lutjanus kasmira (Blue-lined Snapper)

Kuhlia spp. (Flagtail)

Acanthurus lineatus (Striped Surgeon Fish)

Zebrasoma scopas (Brown Scopas Tang)

Chlorurus spilurus (Bullethead Parrotfish)

Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Thin-shelled Rock Crab)

Acanthurus triostegus (Convict Tang)

Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Wedge-tail Triggerfish)

Apolemichthy trimaculatus (Flagfin Angelfish)

Siganus spinus (Scribbled Rabbit Fish)

Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger Shark)

Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Brown Surgeonfish)

Acanthurus achilles (Achilles Tang)

Kyphosus vaigiensis (Rudder Fish)

Cheilinus spp. 2

Palolo virdis (Samoan Palolo Worm)

Monachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian Monk Seal)

Samoan school

Coralline algae

Padina (Brown Algae)

Halimeda discoidea

Asparagopsis taxiformis (Limu Kohu)

Acanthophora spicifera (Spiny Seaweed)

Storyteller

Snorkelling: woman

Constellation: Pleiades

Moon

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Study shows Bay clean up helps boost underwater grasses

Collecting oyster biological indicator buoys

Easton Craftsman Helps Horn Point Laboratory Restore duPont Rams

Communicating Science to Effect Social Change

Assateague Island public beach

Applying old wisdoms to new environmental challenges: cultural knowledge and modern management

Rana catesbeiana (American Bullfrog)

Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Virginia Wetlands

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Virginia Wetlands

Water Culvert

How maps can lie: Chesapeake watershed stream health

Council for Environmental Deans & Directors summer conference; Boulder, Colorado

Rivulets

Marsh at Shems Creek

The Integration and Application Network 'tribe'

Learning through inquiry and observation

Ben Fertig's dissertation defense; 6 July 2010

Messy cages

Drying rack

Monitoring water quality

Fouling of cages for oyster biological indicators

Small boat work

UMCES Horn Point Lecture Hall

Coastal Bays report card release

Discussion following Howard Townsend's seminar on Communicating complex scientific results for ecosystem-based management using cgi (computer generated image) animation

Civil Engineering: mosquito ditches

Communicating corals and climate change in the Pacific Islands

Chesapeake Bay Forecast 2010

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2009

Working with Pacific Island National Parks

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2009

Annapolis walking tour

Joining Chesapeake Bay Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee

Rain on Impervious Surface

Visit with Grand River Conservation Authority

Deploying Oysters in Monie Bay

Civil Engineering: Flow deflector (J-hook Vane)

River 3D: flow deflector

The Next Frontier: Ecological Forecasting

Great Barrier Reef report card workshop

Civil Engineering: Cross vane weir

River 3D: cross vane weir 2

River 3D: cross vane weir 1

UMCES Statement on the Appointment of Dr. Donald Boesch to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

Forecasting Chesapeake Bay Summer Conditions

Oyster shells awaiting spat and oyster mesh bags

Oyster racks

CBL Aquatic Toxicologist Carys Mitchelmore Informing Policymakers about Dispersants and the Gulf Oil Spill

Changing Chesapeake Bay Acidity Impacting Oyster Shell Growth

Dr. Denise Yost to Hawaii

Horn Point Laboratory Scientists to Study Oil Spill Effects in Gulf of Mexico

IAN in American Samoa

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Landshut on the River Isar

Perch

Dr. Walter Boynton becomes Tidal Monitoring Analysis Workgroup chair

Students learn about Oyster Aquaculture through Documentary Production

2010 Chesapeake Bay Forecast

Charles O. Monk Appointed to UMCES Board of Visitors

Chesapeake Bay report card release

Puna Coast

Pu'u Loa Petrogylphs

Ti Plant (Cordyline fruticosa)

Mamaki (Pipturus albidus)

'A'ali'i (Dodonaea viscosa)

Kilauea Iki

Kilauea Iki

Pukiawe (Styphelia tameiameiae)

Nene Crossing

Naupaka (Scaevola sp.)

Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis)

Ilima (Sida fallax)

Kupukupu fern (Nephrolepis cordifolio)

Road's end

Road's end

Chain of Craters Road

Holei Pali Lookout

Holei Pali

Puna Coast

"Ai'opio Fishtrap", Honokohau Beach

Honokohau Beach

Ai'iopio Beach

Ai'iopio Beach

Naupaka (Scaevola sp.)

'Ohi'a tree (Metrosideros polymorpha)

'Ohi'a tree (Metrosideros polymorpha)

Green sands beach

Ka Lae "The Point"

Mauna Loa

King's highway

Loulu palm tree (Pritchardia sp.)

Ai'opio Fishtrap

Heiau

Green sands beach

Puuhonua o Honaunau

Waipio valley

Waipio valley

Laupahoehoe State Park

Laupahoehoe State Park

Laupahoehoe State Park

Nene (Hawaiian Goose)

Halema'uma'u crater

Halema'uma'u crater

Great wall at Puuhonua o Honaunau

Carvings

Puuhonua o Honaunau

Puuhonua o Honaunau

Canoe

Royal boat ramp

Puuhonua o Honaunau

Konane game board

Heiau (temple)

Green sands beach

Great wall at Puuhonua o Honaunau

Canyon lands

River cuts through

Flooded river

Erosion from 30000 feet

Erosion

Crop circles

Crop circles

Dust storm

Eastern Sierras

Crops and irrigation circles

Crops and irrigation circles

Flooded river with dam

Budapest on the Danube River

2009 Chester River Report Card

Science communication course in Canada

Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2009

Improvements to Shellfish Harvest Area Closure Decision Making Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Predictive Models

New EcoCheck Intern - Melissa Andreychek

Lumbricus spp. (Earthworm) 1

Tractor

Discussion following Kathy Boomer seminar on the role of watershed modeling in local land management decisions in Maryland communities

UMCES Scientists Respond to Gulf Oil Spill

Science Communication Course in Toronto, Ontario

Reunited with Integration and Application Network alumni in Canada

Blue Angels

Research Experience for Undergraduate students arrive at UMCES

Proposal writing: A key to success

2009 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card Shows Broad Improvements in 2009

HPL Researcher Links Decline of Endangered California Delta Smelt to Nutrient Pollution

New Research Links Decline of Endangered California Delta Smelt to Nutrient Pollution

IAN Press Launches eBook Format

Integrating and Applying Science: A handbook for effective coastal ecosystem assessment

Lutjanus analis (Mutton Snapper)

Lachnolaimus maximus (Hogfish)

River 3D: navigable channel

River 3D: navigable channel with levees

River 3D: braided with mountains

River 3D: braided coastal

Small Collective Actions Can Make a Big Difference

First Hatchery-Reared Oysters of 2010 Bound for the Bay

Chesapeake Bay restoration: Are we headed in the right direction?

Educator Sarah Milbourne Honored for Raising Environmental Awareness in Western Maryland

IAN welcomes back Allison Dungan

A Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Report Cards

Harmful Algae Impacts the Coast of Florida

Annual Science Communication Course held at Oxford Lab, Maryland

Launching Ricky Into Space

A Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Report Cards

Discussion following Heath Kelsey seminar on beach and shellfish forecasts using integrated data from monitoring programs, remote sensing, and observing systems

Puma concolor (Puma/cougar/mountain Lion)

Sonneratia alba (Mangrove Apple)

Naso unicornis (Bluespine unicornfish)

Epinephelus malabaricus (Malabar grouper)

Chanos chanos (Milkfish) 2

IAN Science Communication Intern Program

Managing for Uncontrollable Environmental Change

Science Communication Course

Scallop Dredger mechanics

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Government 1

Erasmus Mundus thesis defense in Faro, Portugal

UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Highest University Award

Summer Bay Adventures Await Local Students at UMCES Horn Point Laboratory

CBL Researcher Recognized for Promoting the Role of Science in Public Policy

Defining Science Application

Harmful Algae Impacts the Coast of Florida

Maize/corn crop

Maize/corn stalk

Outhouse

2010 West & Rhode River Report Card

Coastline 3D: river and barrier islands

Coastline 3D: barrier islands

Environmental report card grading system

New Study Shows Rising Water Temperatures in U.S. Streams and Rivers

Chesapeake literacy

Storm Surges Congress 2010

LOICZ Scientific Steering Committee Meeting in Chennai, India

Workshop in Colonial National Historical Park kicks off natural resource assessment

New IAN Seminar Series launched

Courses in Communicating Science Effectively in Oxford, MD and Ontario, Canada

NASA workshop on data use and modeling for Chesapeake Bay research and applications

Thoughts on Chennai, India

Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) : puerulus

Habitat 2D: sand and reef

Habitat 2D: reef

Sponge 2

Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : side view

Panulirus argus (spiny lobster) : frontal view

Neoesperiopsis rigida (Orange Finger Sponge)

Juvenile Chrysemys Picta Bellii (Painted Turtle)

Trip to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 29 March 2010

Discussion following Walter Boynton seminar on Corsica River estuary restoration

Discussion following Sara Powell seminar on Getting out of the Lake and into the Watershed: a study of volunteer monitoring efforts, water quality, and community outreach

Discussion following Bill Dennison seminar on Chesapeake Bay health: What causes positive and negative trajectories?

Is Science Communication an art?

Friends of the Bay go to Washington, D.C.

Watershed 3D: perched lake, water table, rocky headlands

River 3D: urban paving with low water level

River 3D: mountains and plain

River 3D: mountain and lake

River 3D: foothills and sandy riverbed

River 3D: urban paving with mid water level

Lake with incoming streams

Island: steep with rocky shore

Island: sandy barrier islands

Island: mud banks

Island: coves and sandy banks

Island: barrier with mud banks

Island: barrier islands

Pond 2

Pond

Perched water table

Particles

Mountains: with saddle

Mountains: snowcaps and foothills

Mountains: snow peak

Mountains: seasonal snow

Mountains: mountain range

Mountains: below snowline

Rocks 3

Rocks 2

Rocks 1

Reef: limestone

Reef: limestone with sand deposits

River 3D: braided with incoming streams

Colonial National Historic Park visit

Aquatic “Dead Zones” Contributing to Climate Change

Virginia Commonwealth University Rice Center

Join the adventure

Union Jack

Captain John Smith

Captain John Smith

Jamestown Church

Barracks at Jamestown

James Fort model

Jamestown Church

Deer browsing

Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala)

Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Plantation house

USA MD: Assawoman Bay 3D watershed (detailed)

Coastline 3D: barrier island lagoon system

Coastline 2D: sea-level rise with increased swell

Coastline 2D: sea-level rise with continental slope

Coastline 2D: sea-level rise with continental shelf

North arrow 3

Coastline 3D: mountains to open ocean with upwelling

Coastline 3D: mountains to open ocean

Coastline 3D: modified shoreline

Coastline 3D: comparison high vs low marsh

Coastline 3D: bay with barrier island

Coastline 2D: barrier island with mixed energy

Coastline 2D: barrier island with microtidal energy

Watershed 3D: comparison good vs bad

River 3D: groundwater transport

River 3D: comparison healthy vs eutrophic

River 2D: water table low

River 2D: water table high

Reef 3D: volcanic island with barrier reef 2

Reef 3D: volcanic islands with reefs

Coastline 3D: natural shoreline

2010 South River Scorecard

6th anniversary of the IAN symbol libraries

Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum).

Stream 3D: braided

Mountain range 3D: river canyon, mesas, craters, and sand plain

Plains 3D: mountains, aquifer, and braided river system

Plains 3D: mountains, caves, sandstone outcrop, aquifer

Hello, my name is Chesapeake Bay, and I have a nutrient problem

New EcoCheck Science Communicator - Sara Powell

Telling stories to communicate science

NPS workshops on natural resource assessments and lessons learned

IAN and EcoCheck bid farewell to Emily Nauman

Fish trap 1

Trap fishers

Pearl farm hut

Education boat (Indonesia)

Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin Tuna)

Poa pratensis (Kentucky Bluegrass)

Bromus spp. (Brome Grass)

Festuca spp. (Fescue)

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)

Dactylis glomerata (Orchard Grass)

Tridens flavus cupreus (Purpletop)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)

Outrigger canoe 3

Outrigger canoe 2

Outrigger canoe 1

Mothership

Research Snorkeller

Line Fisher; Indonesia

Sterna spp. (Tern)

Snorkelling: child

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)

Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Ribboned Sweetlips)

Technological Advances Help UMCES Move Forward in 2009

Citizen Science Programs

Getting out of the Lake and into the Watershed: a study of volunteer monitoring efforts, water quality, and community outreach

Integration and Application Network (IAN): 2010 Administrative Review

Mountain range 3D: foothills 2

Mountain range 3D: stream

Mountain range 3D: plains and road

Acer pensylvanicum (Striped Maple)

Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust)

USA VA: Shenandoah National Park

2009 Magothy River Index

USA CA: San Francisco, San Pablo, Suisan Bays

USA CA: San Francisco Bay

USA CA: San Diego Bay

USA CA: Monterey Bay

USA CA: Humbolt Bay

USA AL: Mobile Bay

USA AL FL: Perdido Bay

USA CT NY: Long Island Sound

USA CT: Connecticut River

USA CA: Tomales Bay

USA CA: Santa Monica Bay

USA CA: San Pedro Bay

USA FL: Indian River

USA FL: Florida Bay

USA FL: Choctawhatchee Bay

USA FL: Charlotte Harbor

USA FL: Caloosahatchee River

USA FL: Biscayne Bay

USA FL: Apalachicola Bay

USA FL: Apalachee Bay

USA DE NJ: Delaware Bay

USA FL: Suwannee River

USA FL: St. Johns River

USA FL: St. Andrew Bay

USA FL: South Ten Thousand Islands

USA FL: Sarasota Bay

USA FL: Rookery Bay

USA FL: Pensacola Bay

USA FL: North Ten Thousand Islands

USA DE: Delaware Inland Bays

USA LA: Breton and Chandeleur Sound

USA LA: Barataria Bay

USA LA: Atchafalaya and Vermillion Bays

USA GA: St. Catherines and Sapelo Sounds

USA GA: St. Andrews and St. Simons Sounds

USA GA SC: Savannah River

USA GA: Ossabaw Sound

USA GA FL: St. Marys River and Cumberland Sound

USA GA: Altamaha River

USA FL: Tampa Bay

USA MA NH: Merrimack River

USA MA: Boston Harbor

USA LA TX: Sabine Lake

USA LA: Terrebonne and Timbalier Bays

USA LA MS: West Mississippi Sound

USA LA: Mississippi River

USA LA: Mermentau River

USA LA: Lake Pontchartrain

USA LA: Lake Borgne

USA LA: Calcasieu Lake

USA MD: Choptank River 1

USA MD: Chester River

USA MA: Plum Island Sound

USA MA: Massachusetts Bay

USA MA: Cape Cod Bay

USA MA: Buzzards Bay

USA MD: Patuxent River

USA MD: Isle of Wight and Assawoman Bay

USA MD VA: Chesapeake Bay

USA MD: Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds

USA MD: Potomac River

USA ME: Englishman and Machias Bays

USA ME: Damariscotta River

USA ME: Casco Bay

USA ME: Blue Hill Bay

USA MD VA: Chincoteague and Sinepuxent Bays

USA MS: East Mississippi Sound

USA ME: Wells Bay

USA ME: St. Croix River and Cobscook Bay

USA ME: Sheepscot Bay

USA ME: Saco Bay

USA ME: Penobscot Bay

USA ME NH: Great Bay

USA ME: Narraguagus Bay

USA ME: Muscongus Bay

USA ME: Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers

USA NY: Gardiners Bay

USA NJ NY: Hudson River and Raritan Bay

USA NJ: New Jersey Inland Bays

USA NJ: Barnegat Bay

USA NC: Pamlico and Pungo Rivers

USA NC: New River

USA NC: Neuse River

USA NC: Cape Fear River

USA NC: Bogue Sound

USA NC: Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds

USA SC: Stono and North Edisto Rivers

USA SC: St. Helena Sound

USA SC: Charleston Harbor

USA SC: Broad River

USA RI: Narragansett Bay

USA OR: Tillamook Bay

USA OR: Coquille River

USA OR: Coos Bay

USA NY: Great South Bay

USA TX: Upper Laguna Madre

USA TX: San Antonio Bay

USA TX: Matagorda Bay

USA TX: Lower Laguna Madre

USA TX: Galveston Bay

USA TX: Corpus Christi Bay

USA TX: Brazos River

USA TX: Baffin Bay

USA TX: Aransas Bay

USA SC: Winyah Bay

USA WA: Bellingham, Padilla, Samish Bays

USA VA: York River

USA VA: Rappahannock River

USA VA: James River

USA WA: Willapa Bay

USA WA: South Puget Sound

USA WA: Skagit Bay and Whidbey Basin

USA WA: Sequim and Discovery Bays

USA WA: Puget Sound

USA WA: Port Orchard Sound

USA WA: Hood Canal

Science communication course at the University of New England

New EcoCheck intern - Christine Thurber

Beach bacteria models integrate remote sensing and IOOS data to protect public health

Science of Marine Managed Areas

Suburban: Cape Cod house

Chesapeake Bay health:What causes positive and negative trajectories?

Myripristis vittata (Bigeye Soldierfish)

Caranx ignobilis (Giant Trevally)

Bolbometopon muricatum (Green Humphead Parrotfish)

Energy: power line

Science communication in southern Maine

Creek at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

Climate change: below average temperatures

Climate change: above average temperatures

Discovery of Algae’s Toxic Hunting Habits Could Help Curb Chesapeake Fish Kills

Discovery of Algae’s Toxic Hunting Habits Could Help Curb Chesapeake Fish Kills

Stephen Colbert talks mountaintop mining with CBL Director Margaret Palmer on “The Colbert Report”

Dr. Rodger Harvey Keynotes Alaskan Marine Science Symposium

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Tree Rings

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Saco Bay

Hills Beach

Hills Beach

Eminent Group of Scientists Call for Moratorium on Issuance of Mountaintop Mining Permits

Aprion virescens (Green Jobfish) : adult

Erythrina sandwicensis (Wiliwili)

Lasirus cinereus semotus (Hawaiian Hoary Bat)

Cephalopholis argus (Blue-spotted Grouper)

Chenopodium oahuense (Aweoweo)

Leucaena leucocephala (White Leadtree)

Acacia koa (Koa tree)

Scaevola coriacea (Dwarf Naupaka)

Lantana camara (West Indian Lantana)

Heteromeles arbutifolia (Christmas Berry)

Santalum freycinetianum (Freycinet Sandalwood)

Lighthouse 2

Engaging the public to help preserve the unique natural and cultural resources of two National Parks in Hawaii

IAN hosts climate change workshops

New IAN Intern - Kate Bentsen

New partnership to standardize indicators and methods in Chesapeake Bay

Sustainable vs. unsustainable development

Habitat patchwork

Marine managed areas

Producing results in environmental management

Using knowledge to empower change

Adaptive management cycle

Three stages of environmental management

Science and resource management

Ecological indicators in environmental management

Choosing indicators in project management

Example of diagrams that help select indicators

PSR indicators

Integrating data into an ecological report card

Division of regions in ecological report cards

Determining threshold values

Geographic scaling of report cards

Interconnectivity of research, management and communication

Explanatory power vs. complexity in ecological forecasting

The steps of ecological forecasting

Sampling sites in the everglades

Historical versus current flow regime through the Everglades wetlands

Models of varying complexity

Conceptual framework of a monitoring program

Choosing sampling methods

Environmental statistics- sample size

How water quality influences different zones in a waterway

Spatial analysis

The 'wedding cake' design

Spatially fixed sampling

Methods of water quality monitoring

The development of a conceptual diagram

Remote Sensing Toolkit

Gathering data for Coastal Assessment

Light interactions in the remote sensing process

UMCES Oyster Hatchery Rears Record 750 Million Spat for Chesapeake Bay in 2009

Delaware Bay

Pet waste station

Geese fly at sunset

Canadian and Snow geese

Annapolis Synthesis Center gets a facelift

The legacy of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

USA HI: Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Ipomoea pes-caprae (Beach Morning Glory)

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Statement on Inaccurate Baltimore Sun Coverage of Horn Point Laboratory Water Treatment System

Balistapus undulatus (Orange-lined Triggerfish)

Sewer outlet

The Oleander

Beach wrack

Broken pipes and Donald Trump's golf course

Bayonne sewer

Goniopsis cruentata (Mangrove Crab)

IAN sponsors MEES Colloquium: "Applying Science: Chesapeake Bay and beyond"

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation conference in Portland, Oregon

STAR team formed at Chesapeake Bay Program

IAN begins new partnership with Conservation International

Cemetery

Avicennia germinans (Black Mangrove)

4th European Conference on Coastal Lagoon Research

Camping along a river in a forest

Himantopus mexicanus (Black-necked Stilt) : eggs

Triaenodon obesus (Whitetip Reef Shark)

Crocodylus acutus (American Crocodile)

Uca thayeri (Mangrove Fiddler Crab)

Closing the coastal charisma gap: how to integrate seagrasses into the public dialog on coastal ecosystems

Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers

Global seagrass trajectories: a closer look in relation to future monitoring

Beach and shellfish forecasts using integrated data from monitoring programs, remote sensing, and observing systems

Variations of δ15N in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) as a baseline to assess waste nitrogen sources

Creating new opportunities for adaptive management: partnerships between government agencies and watershed organizations

Geographic Region Isolation Runs for Developing Nutrient Load Allocations for the Chesapeake Bay Restoration

A Chesapeake Bay Basin-wide Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity

Predicting Criteria Achievement Under Management Scenarios: Model Simulations Inform Monitoring Data

Novel Applications of the Chesapeake Bay Health Index

Rivulus marmoratus (Mangrove Killifish)

Coccyzus americanus (Yellow-billed Cuckoo)

Ajaja ajaja (Roseate Spoonbill)

Pristis pectinata (Smalltooth Sawfish)

Oryzomys argentatus (Silver Rice Rat)

HPL Researcher Finds Seasonal Patterns in Arctic River Bacteria

Computer Model of Water Clarity in Shallow Water for Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Management

Petroglyph: (Hawaiian Honu)

Taro

Taro plot

Cypripedium spp. (Lady's Slipper)

Heteropogon contortus (Pili Grass)

Miconia calvescens (Bush Currant)

Peperomia spp. ('ala 'ala Wai Nui)

Pritchardia minor (Loulu Palm)

Sida fallax (Ilima)

Dr. Ed Gates Honored with President's Award for Science Application

Capra aegagrus hircus (Goat)

Capparis sandwichiana (Pua Pilo)

Religion: Christian cross

Ki'i (Hawaiian war god)

Heiau (Hawaiian temple)

Halau (Hawaiian long house)

Brigantine

Freight: semi-trailer truck

Sweet potato plot

Urban: city building 08

Phaethon aethereus (Red-billed Tropicbird)

Ptilinopus pelewensis (Palau Fruit-dove)

Mining: hammer and chisel

Unlimited Access: Using collaborative products to make current scientific knowledge more accessible

CINAR Ramps Up UMCES North Atlantic Marine Ecosystem Research

2009 Chesapeake Bay Summer Review

Mt. Rainier waterfall

Mt. Rainier National Park

Lepironia articulata (Blue Rush)

Cladium procerum (Leafy Twig-sedge)

Irediparra gallinacea (Comb-crested Jacana)

Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt)

Forecasting Biodiversity Loss from Development

Nereocystis luetkeana

Shoreline of the Columbia River

Ariolimax sp.

Oregon Wetlands

Amanita muscaria

Coastal Woodland

Oregon Wetlands

Fort Clatsop

Astoria-Megler Bridge

Oregon Wetlands

Three UMCES Researchers Receive Prestigious International Awards

Assessing the Coastal Bays of Maryland and Virginia: A comparison of approaches

IAN welcomes back Kate Boicourt

Toxic cyanobacteria blooms degrade ecosystem in coastal Florida

Science communication course for the Ohio Division of Wildlife

IAN hosting upcoming Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Science (MEES) Colloquium

Tim Carruthers new member of LOICZ SSC

Roadside Woodland

Douglas Fir

Teaching about climate change aboard the Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson

Fall

R/V Rachel Carson

Fall

Palau Storyboard: 3

Palau Storyboard: 2

Palau Storyboard: 1

Palau Storyboard: 5

Palau Storyboard: 4

Military: armored tank

University cap

Hand pruners

New Collaborative Research Partnership to Focus on North Atlantic Marine Ecosystem

Ricky Arnold to speak at MEES Colloquium

Praying mantis

Praying mantis

Praying mantis

Red fox

Tools for effective science communication

Rudbeckia hirta

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Canoeing on the Jug Bay

Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Jug Bay

UMCES Appalachian Laboratory Researchers Launch Freshwater Marsh Study

Toxic cyanobacteria blooms degrade ecosystem in coastal Florida

Research findings for key bay fisheries species

New Chesapeake Bay Program Office Data and Modeling Specialist

IAN attends 12th International Riversymposium in Brisbane, Australia

EBM Tools Network webinar on science communication

Research findings for key bay fisheries species

Resource Assessment and Science Communication with National Parks in Hawaii

IAN helping to plan and establish multiple Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Indonesia

New Chesapeake Bay Program Office Database Manager

Altered ecological flows blur boundaries in urbanizing watersheds

The Bird's Head Seascape in West Papua

Kahili Ginger Blossom

Steam Vents above Kileaua Caldera

Aloha from the big island of Hawai'i

Honu - Hawaiian green sea turtle

Pua kala - Hawaiian poppy

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) adult

Sunflowers

Sunflower and bees

UMCES welcomes Guy Stephens

Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems

Rock Creek Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Kris Beckert joins IAN

unidentified mushrooms

unidentified mushrooms

unidentified mushroom

Forest bog

unidentified mushrooms and lair

unidentified mushroom

Vog blankets landscape on Ka'u Desert Trail

puki'awe (Leptecophylla tameiameiae)

pahoehoe lava

ohia buds (Metrosideros polymorpha)

hiker on Ka'u Desert Trail

Hawaiian tree fern fiddlehead closeup (Cibotium splendens)

'Ohelo in Hawaiian (Vaccinium reticulatum)

bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia)

bamboo orchid among common swordfern

Beautiful Blackwater

Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Beetle in Queen Anne's Lace

Cattails

Bald eagle

Restoration at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Osprey family

Loblolly pine

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

“Shifting Sands” Highlights Past, Present and Future of Maryland Coastal Bays Ecosystem

Rock Creek Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

Our next book on coastal ecosystem assessment

Target audiences

People

Meat market

Haymarket

Boston

Tall Ships

Boston

Autoanalyzer

Isotope ratio mass spectrometer

Water samples

Isotope ratio mass spectrometer

Marshy coast

Fish head skeleton

Empty Beach

Dead man's fingers (Codium fragile)

Shells on a beach

Isotope ratio mass spectrometer

Isotope ratio mass spectrometer with water bath

The Battlefields

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Pharynx, gill arches and liver of the Basking Shark

Pharynx and esophagus of Basking Shark

Heart ventricle

Stomach contents

Eye lense of Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark) gills

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking Shark)

Warm-season grasslands

Incised stream banks

Fenceline

Fenceline

Roadkill deer

Roadkill deer

Warm-season grasslands

Junction of Bush Creek and Monocacy River

Bush Creek

Monocacy River

Incised stream banks

Butterfly on black-eyed susan

Butterfly on black-eyed susan

Black-eyed susans

Black-eyed susans

Visitors' Center at Monocacy National Battlefield

Moncacy National Battlefield

Former fenceline

Forest in Monocacy National Battlefield

Forest in Monocacy National Battlefield

Algal Bloom

Grassy drive in warm-season grasslands

Grassy drive in warm-season grasslands

Warm-season grasslands

Monocacy River

Water quality monitoring with the Chester River Association

Tall Ships

Educating state officials

Mallard on salt marsh

Sailing the Chester River

Osprey and nest

Sailing the Chester River

Paddlers on the Chester River

Chester River

Water quality monitoring

Water quality monitoring

Osprey and nest

Custom House, Chestertown

Black-eyed susan

Chester River

Water quality monitoring

Riprap on the Chester River

Water quality monitoring

Osprey and nest

Water quality monitoring

Water quality monitoring

Osprey and nest

Tubing on the Chester River

Water quality monitoring

Boats on the Chester River

Osprey and nest

Living shoreline

Bald eagle

Chester River

An Eastern Shore overflight

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Shorebird

Great blue heron

Great blue heron

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Queenstown

Wye River

Wye River

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chestertown

Chestertown

Chestertown

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Poultry houses on the Chester River

Poultry houses on the Chester River

Poultry houses on the Chester River

Poultry houses on the Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Kennedyville

Kennedyville

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Aquatic plants growing in McGill Creek

Aquatic plants growing in McGill Creek

Aquatic plants growing in McGill Creek

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Aquatic plants in McGill Creek

Aquatic plants growing in McGill Creek

Unicorn Dam

Jacobs Creek

Hen Island in the Sassafras River

Greg Neck

Mill Creek and the Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Marinas on the Sassafras River

Marinas on the Sassafras River

Marinas on the Sassafras River

Marinas on the Sassafras River

Management

Development of water transparency criteria for Florida seagrass

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

LOICZ Dahlem-type Workshop

IAN Blog and Social Networking

IAN partners with Foundations of Success to present training in Adaptive Management for Conservation Success

Diagram of St. Martin River.

Diagram of Sinepuxent Bay.

Diagram of Newport Bay.

Diagram of Isle of Wight Bay.

Diagram of Chincoteague Bay.

Diagram of Assawoman Bay.

Loss of Coastal Seagrass Habitat Accelerating Globally

Tracking Global Coastal Seagrass Losses

Naval Academy

Osprey Nest

Paddling the Patuxent River

Arrow arum and Phragmites

Arrow arum and cattails

Paddlers

Paddlers

Osprey nest

Osprey nest

Paddling

Muskrat lodge

Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary

Upper Patuxent River

Patuxent River

Upper Patuxent River

Paddling

Shifting Sands book released

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Black Skimmer on Nest

Lion

Peacock

EcoCheck and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program release Coastal Bays Report Card

Maryland Coastal Bays Ecosystem Earns “C-Plus” in Inaugural Health Report Card

Shifting Sands: Environmental and cultural change in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Oceanography: An Observer's Guide

2008 Coastal Bays report card

Study: Illegal Fishing Harming Present and Future New England Groundfish Fisheries

Development of water transparency criteria for Florida seagrasses

CBL Scientist Warns Illegal Fishing Harming New England Fishery

Lilies

Hardened shoreline associated with development

SAV bed in the Choptank

Collecting samples with the Parker

SAV in the Choptank

South Caucasus region transboundary report card

Lisa Florkowski completes her Master's thesis

Regional ecosystem research and coastal management workshop

IAN interns head to graduate schools

brown thrasher chick

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse

Quiet Waters Park

Appalachian Laboratory Researcher Recognized for Outstanding Service to the State of Maryland

Pink evening primrose

Pink evening primrose

Blue Angels

Blue Angels at St. Johns College

Blue Angels flying low in Annapolis

Annapolis Rooftops

Blue Angels

South Caucasus region transboundary report card

South Caucasus region transboundary report card (Russian)

Diagram showing the features of and threats to the Kura River Basin.

Box corer

Core logger

Portable sub-bottom profiling system SB-216S

USA VA: York River watershed 3D

USA VA: York River watershed

Chuquiraga hystrix

Chuquiraga avellanedae (Quilembay)

Tecticornia flabelliformis (Bead Samphire)

Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)

Manure composting bunker

Waste management: compost bin

George Wright Society meeting in Portland, Oregon.

Sediment organic content, hydrodynamics, and seagrasses

Teaching science communication to Erasmus Mundus students.

Jeni Keisman, PhD

Buteo rufinus (Long-legged Buzzard)

Castor canadensis (North American Beaver)

Plethodon shenandoah (Shenandoah Salamander)

Columba livia (Rock Pigeon)

Coccyzus minor (Mangrove Cuckoo)

Elanus leucurus (White-tailed Kite)

Dendroica petechia (Yellow Warbler)

Larus spp. (Seagull)

Haliaeetus leucogaster (White-bellied Sea Eagle)

Pelecanus occidentalis (Brown Pelican)

Vireo altiloquus (Black-whiskered Vireo)

Todiramphus chloris (Collared Kingfisher)

Cynomys spp. (Prairie Dog)

Fossil: rhinoceros jaw

Mustela nigripes (Black-footed Ferret)

Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel)

Neovison vison (American Mink)

Myotis lucifugus (Little Brown Bat)

Spermophilus richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel)

Ovis canadensis (Bighorn Sheep)

Vulpes velox (Swift Fox)

Chuck-Wills-Widow young

Robert Miller Honored for Lifelong Work Educating Western Marylanders about the Environment

Red-Breasted Merganzer Female

Geologic timeline

Recreation in the Coastal Bays

Rotary sonar tripod

Petroleum industry: oil rig platform 2

Racing speedboat

Piling with solar powered light

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Scientist Receives Highest University Award

Scissors

Spray bottle

Work glove

Oxalis stricta (Common Yellow Woodsorrel)

Megalops atlanticus (Atlantic Tarpon)

Fossil trilobite

Daphnia pulex (Water Flea)

Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs

Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River Red Gum)

Melaleuca cuticularis (Saltwater Paperbark) dying

Arctogadus glacialis (Arctic Cod)

Oncorhynchus kisutch (Coho Salmon) : parr

Caddisfly : larva in case

Scrap metal loading.

Riverside gravel plant, Hudson River, NY.

Barge crane unloads rock for shoreline protection effort on the

Bulldozer with bucket unloads dredge spoils into barge.

Storm clouds threaten.

Winter flyover of Annapolis and Bay Bridge.

Fading light of winter illuminates residential area with docks.

winter flyover

Bartlett Pear blossoms

Sunset on the Delaware Bay.

Red tug plys the gray background of the lower Hudson River, NY.

Fuel barge on Hudson River, NY.

Waterfront fuel depot near Kingston on the Hudson River, NY.

Aid to navigation on upper Hudson River, NY.

Waterfront village on Hudson River, NY.

Waterfront facility on Hudson River, NY.

Waterfront sand loading facility on Hudson River, NY.

Waterfront shipping and storing facility on Hudson River, NY.

Indian pipe

Bunchberry

unidentified mushroom

unknown mushroom

mushroom

Immature pine cones

Smooth green snake

Baby rabbits

Praying mantis

Praying mantis

First blush of fall.

Wild blueberries

Lake Chateaugay view

unidentified mushrooms

unidentified mushrooms

Coral fungus

unidentified mushroom

unidentified mushrooms

Puffball

Various shelf fungi

2008 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

Patuxent River

Testing Water quality

Testing Water quality

Testing Water quality

Prunus speciosa (Cherry Blossom)

Prunus speciosa (Cherry Blossom)

Prunus speciosa (Cherry Blossom)

Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card Shows Improvements in Key Bay Rivers, Degradation in Others

2008 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

New Stream Health Indicator Being Developed

Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems published

Chesapeake Bay Report Card and Stream Health Newsletter

Individual tributary report cards produced for the Chester, Patuxent, and Severn Rivers

Nelson Marshall

Course in Communicating Science Effectively

Eumeces fasciatus (American Five-lined Skink)

ATV with rider

Snowmobile with rider

Corrugated culvert pipe

Culvert

Castor canadensis (North American Beaver) : hut

Castor canadensis (North American Beaver) : dam

Buteo lineatus (Red-shouldered Hawk)

Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Red-headed Woodpecker)

Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)

Dead tree 2

2008 Severn River report card

2008 Chester River report card

2008 Patuxent River Report Card

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

Spring

BayStat

USA: Chesapeake Bay watershed

UMCES Researchers Develop New Collaborative Process to Managing Marine Recreational Fisheries

Federal Spending Bill Provides Funds to Rebuild Horn Point Laboratory Computer Facilities Destroyed by Fire

Oyster Cultivation Pier Moves Forward at UMCES Horn Point Laboratory

UMCES Horn Point Lab Grad Prepares for Shuttle Mission

Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale: Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems

NCRN Vital Signs Data Portal

Ben Longstaff moves to Lake Simcoe, Canada

Heath Kelsey joins IAN's EcoCheck team

IAN staff hold workshop with Shenandoah National Park Resource Managers

Researchers Call for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Reductions to Combat Nutrient Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems

Gadus morhua (Atlantic Cod)

Pagrus auratus (Australasian Snapper)

Pleuronectes platessa (European Plaice)

Sebastes crameri (Darkblotched Rockfish)

Integration and Application Network poster

Integration and Application Network facilitates workshop on water transparency criteria for Florida seagrasses

Using conceptual diagrams to develop a communications strategy for the NPS Northern Great Plains Network

Conceptual diagramming workshop in Bali, Indonesia

Course in Communicating Science Effectively

VIMS Fetch autonomous underwater vehicle

Northern Great Plains Network: Using conceptual diagrams to aid communication

Didinium gargantua (Ciliate)

Alosa pseudoharengus (Alewife)

Alosa mediocris (Hickory Shad)

Alosa aestivalis (Blueback Herring)

Esox niger (Chain Pickerel)

Perca flavescens (Yellow Perch)

Caddisfly : adult

Mayfly : adult

Stonefly : adult

Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon)

Mola mola (Ocean Sunfish)

Calcinus verrilli (Verrilli's Hermit Crab)

Halodule wrightii (Shoalweed)

Thalassia testudinum (Turtlegrass)

Syringodium filiforme

International Experts Weigh-in on Harmful Algal Blooms

Measuring secchi depth

Measuring secchi depth 2

Research vessel 2

Park: raingarden

Branta bernicla (Atlantic Brant Goose)

Cervus nippon (Sika Deer) : doe

Cervus nippon (Sika Deer) : buck

Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)

Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)

Pennisetum ciliare (Buffelgrass)

Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)

Monarda spp. (Bee Balm) flowers

Monarda spp. (Bee Balm)

Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Assessment and Restoration (CLEAR) - New Website

Trophic transfers from seagrass meadows

Assessment of Natural Resource Condition, Assateague Island National Seashore

Florida Bay and Adjacent Marine Systems Science Conference

!hidden! Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2009

Coastal plain aquifer system

Habitat degradation and climate change

Maryland State House

Cypselurus callopterus (Ornamented Flying Fish)

Damaged tree

Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 2

Stolephorus commersonnii (Commerson's Anchovy)

Centropomus undecimalis (Common Snook)

Rangia cuneata (Atlantic Rangia)

Cervus elaphus (Red Deer) : doe

Cervus elaphus (Red Deer) : buck

sustainable vs. unsustainable communities

Soft vs. hard shorelines

Guidelines for natural shore erosion and marsh creation

Causes of acid rain

Criteria for dissolved oxygen for aquatic life

Managing pollution

Pervious vs. impervious surfaces

Wastewater treatment

Aquifers underlying the Coastal Bays

Healthy & eutrophic coastal lagoons

Coastal lagoon vs. river-valley estuary

Cross section of the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Seasonal water table

Morphology of different barrier islands

Relative sea-level rise

Land subsidence & sea-level rise

The 'Brunn rule'

Sea-level rise & marshes

The carbon cycle

The nitrogen cycle

Effect of nutrient loading on primary producers

The phosphorus cycle

Nitrogen stable isotope methodology

Groundwater transport in the Maryland Coastal Bays

The life cycle of the american eel

The life cycle of the summer flounder

Life cycle of the blue crab

Stream habitat vs. ditch habitat

Relative light attenuation for seagrass

Habitat requirements of seagrass and hard clams

Septic system

The clean water act

Classification of estuaries & coastal water

The evolution of Assateague Fenwick & Assateague Islands, 1850-2005

Map of national coastal lagoon conditions

Dissolved chlorophyll in the Lagoon of Venice

Salinity of the Lagoon of Venice

Dissolved oxygen in the Lagoon of Venice

Nitrogen exchange in a coastal bay

Healthy waterways

Types of coastal waterways

Global distribution of coastal waterways

Anthropogenic nitrogen exchanges

Atlantic waterfowl migration patterns

Protected Dune Area

Coastal Bird Nesting Area

Beach Warning Flags

Healthy Beaches Program

Oyster shells

Tires

Flotsam and jetsam

Icy beach

Leaves frozen in ice

Leaves frozen in ice

Leaves frozen in ice

Ice puddle

Canada geese

Alces alces (Moose)

Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)

Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)

Agropyron pectiniforme (Crested Wheatgrass)

Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama)

Bouteloua dactyloides (Buffalo Grass)

Betula spp. (Birch)

Berberis thunbergii (Japanese Barberry)

Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)

Gaillardia aristata (Blanketflower)

Larrea tridentata (Creosote Bush)

Penstemon barbatus (Golden-beard Penstemon)

Pascopyrum smithii (Western Wheatgrass)

Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)

Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)

Populus tremula (Aspen)

Stipa virdula (Green Needlegrass)

Spartina pectinata (Prairie Cordgrass)

Shepherdia argentea (Silver Buffaloberry)

Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose)

Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak)

Yucca spp. (Yucca)

Verbascum thapsus (Common Mullein)

Cheilinus spp. 1

Cephalopholis miniata (Vermillion Sea Bass)

Fish school-1

Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic Goliath Grouper) 2

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Brown-marbled Grouper)

Diapterus plumieri (Striped Mojarra)

Lutjanus griseus (Gray Snapper)

Lucania parva (Rainwater Killifish)

Plectropomus oligacanthus (Highfin Coralgrouper)

Plectropomus leopardus (Coral Trout)

Plectropomus areolatus (Squaretail Coralgrouper)

Scaphirhynchus albus (Pallid Sturgeon)

Pterois volitans (Red Lionfish)

Pseudocaranx dentex (White Trevally)

Dragonfly : nymph

Galerucella pusilla (Golden Loosestrife Beetle)

Isognomon alatus (Flat Tree Oyster)

Fossil: nautilus

Littoraria spp. (Mangrove Periwinkle)

Trochus spp. (Sea Snail)

Springtail (Collembola)

Aratus pisonii (Mangrove Tree Crab)

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : eggs

Paraclanus spp.

Oithona spp.

Menippe mercenaria (Florida Stone Crab)

Uca annulipes (Mangrove Fiddler Crab)

Chaos diffluens (Amoeba)

Actinophrys sol (Amoeba)

Tintinnid (Ciliate)

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback Turtle)

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle) : hatchling

Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's Ridley Turtle) : hatchling

Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle)

Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle) hatchling

Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle) : adult

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback Turtle) : hatchling

Phoxinus eos (Northern Redbelly Dace)

Turtle eggs

Nerodia fasciata compressicauda (Mangrove Water Snake)

Natator depressa (Flatback Sea Turtle) : hatchling

Natator depressa (Flatback Sea Turtle) : adult

Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley Turtle) hatchling

Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley Turtle) : adult

Bacteroidetes

Acinetobacter spp. (Bacteria)

Synechococcus spp.

Jannaschia spp.

Artifact: beads

Artifact: axe blade

Archaeological site

Archaeologist: male

Archaeologist: female

Cave explorer

Feather

Dreamcatcher (Native American Ojibwe)

Coastal toilet 2

Fort Union

Shipwreck

Trading keelboat

Stilt house (West Papua)

Military: naval destroyer

Vehicle: motorcycle with two riders

Vehicle: motorcycle with one rider

Public transport: Ferry (Indonesia)

Freight: freight train

Manufacturing paper mill

Asphalt plant

Hospitality: seafood restaurant

Hospitality: liveaboard dive boat

Hospitality: eco-resort

Wildlife rehabilitation center

Retail: fish market

Retail: downtown shopping center

Fire and rescue: fire station

Fire and rescue: fire engine

Fire management: crew member with drip torch 2

Exotic plant management: crew member

Camping lantern

Boots

Cooler 2

Rope coil

Climbing/caving helmet with headlamp

Sleeping bag

Rifle

Portable generator

Playing cards

Wooden sign

Camper

Tubing

Plankton net

Cyanide fishing: squeeze bottle

Cyanide fishing boat

Crab scraping

Chicken necking

Bamboo speargun

Bamboo hand spear

Longline tuna boat

Liftback net

Indonesian zone marker

Ghost net

Fly fishing lure

Fish aggregating device

Dynamite fishing: Molotov cocktail

Dynamite fishing: explosion

Seining

Reef fishing hut

Waterman

Trotlining

Hospitality: visitor center

Hospitality: casino

Center pivot irrigation

Grain silos 2

Plastic bottle 3

Plastic bag 1

Old tires

Old bottle

Landfill

Rusty drum

Roadside trash

Soda can

Bridge: arched

Water: desalination plant

Jetty 3

Energy: hydroelectric dam

Suburban: McMansion

Park: sliding board

Urban: parking garage

Park: park bench

Urban: stadium

Park: swing set

Park: playground

Wilson's Snipe

Acacia spp. (Acacia)

Erythrina spp. (Coral Tree)

Umbonium vestiarum (Button Snail)

Falco mexicanus (Prairie Falcon)

Strix occidentalis (Spotted Owl)

Macrobrachium jelskii (Agar River Prawn)

Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth Bass)

Salix x sepulcralis (Weeping Willow)

Catharus bicknelli (Bicknell's Thrush)

Phalacrocorax auritus (Double-crested Cormorant)

Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow)

Geomys bursarius (Plains Pocket Gopher)

Ferocactus wislizeni (Fishhook Barrel Cactus)

Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)

Crotalus viridis cereberus (Arizona Black Rattlesnake)

Chaetodipus hispidus (Hispid Pocket Mouse)

Oryza spp. (Rice)

Fimbristylis dichotoma (Tall Fringe-rush)

Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese Water Chestnut)

Marsilea spp. (Water Clover)

Clipboard

Continuous plankton recorder

Floating grow-out units

Energy: solar panel

Tsunami sensor and transmitting buoy

Thermally powered submersible glider

Undersea habitat

Turtle nest anti-predatory cage

Turtle egg relocation box

Warning buoy

Park: gazebo

Ducula bicolor (Pied Imperial Pigeon)

Spiza americana (Dickcissel)

Banksia spp. (Banksia) with proteid roots

Calocephalus platycephalus (Billybuttons)

Banksia spp. (Banksia) with resprouting lignotuber

Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalypt) 1

Leucopogon spp. (Beard Heath)

Melaleuca spp. (Ti Tree) leaves

Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (Ornate Diamondback Terrapin)

National Estuarine Research Reserves System Conference

Report card on the health of the Mesoamerican Reef

New business manager - Ken Barton

Science communication course for Riverkeepers

Rainbow

Rainbow

Virginia Memorial

Monument to Major General John F. Reynolds

Gettysburg fence

Gettysburg fence

1st New York Light Artillery, Battery (L) (E Attached)

Union U.S. Regulars Marker

Union U.S. Regulars Marker

Union Brigade Marker

Union Brigade Marker

McPherson Barn, looking northwest.

Pennsylvania Memorial

Pennsylvania Memorial

Devil's Den

Virginia Memorial

Report card for the Mesoamerican reef

2008 Chesapeake Bay Summer Review

Moonrise over the Choptank River

Moonrise over the Choptank River

Bidens spp. (Bur-marigold)

Bairdiella chrysoura (American Silver Perch)

Prinotus carolinus (Northern Searobin)

Trinectes maculatus (Hogchoker)

Sphoeroides maculatus (Nothern Puffer)

Urophycis regia (Spotted Hake)

Impatiens capensis (Spotted Jewelweed)

Peltandra virginica (Green Arrow Alum)

Zizania spp. (Wild Rice)

Nuphar spp. (Yellow Waterlily)

Sagittaria spp. (Arrowhead)

Urban: green roof 2

Urban: green roof 1

Urban: green building

Stream 3D: river valley and water table

Research to improve management of Atlantic menhaden in Chesapeake Bay - newsletter

EcoCheck 2008 Summer Review

Regional report card project initiated

TRADE-OFF! board game undergoes beta testing

Oyster δ15N as a bioindicator of waste nitrogen and degraded water quality in a sub-estuary of Chesapeake Bay

Canada geese

Fall colors

Fall colors

Sandy Point Water Tower

Assateague pony

Assateague pony

Assateague pony

Assateague pony

Integration and Application Network

Research to improve management of Atlantic menhaden in Chesapeake Bay

Little Round Top

View from Little Round Top

Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center

View from Little Round Top

Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge

Pickett's Charge

Mantis on picnic table

Mantis on picnic table

Footprints

Salvelinus fontinalis (Brook Trout)

Global Warming Is Here

Maryland at Risk: Sea-level rise adaptation and response

Global Warming is Here poster

New Science Communication Intern - Lucy Van Essen-Fishman

New Science Communication Intern - Kim Kraeer

Congratulations to IAN Program Manager, Tim Carruthers

Maryland at Risk: Sea-level rise adaptation & response

Hospitality: cruise ship

Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Maryland's Vulnerability to Climate Change, Phase 1: Sea-level rise and coastal storms

Narragansett Bay

Narragansett Beach

Narragansett Bay

Baby common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Baby common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

white-lined sphinx moth caterpillar (Hyles lineata)

white-lined sphinx moth caterpillar (Hyles lineata)

Swan boats

Public Gardens

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

Cuttlefish

Black Sea nettle

Old fishing pier

Coast Guard boat

Boston skyline

Great egret takes flight

Great egret

Logging pine trees

Logging

Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna

Great blue heron

American Pokeweed and Cardinal Flower

Tickseed meadow

Tickseed flower

Tickseed meadow

Cardinal Flower

Cardinal Flower

Cardinal Flower

Mesoamerican Reef Report Card in progress

Global Warming and the Free State

Reducing Maryland's Vulnerability to Climate Change

River Journeys published

River Journeys

White-tailed deer

Global Warming and the Free State: Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Maryland

Cymodocea serrulata 2

Cymodocea serrulata 1

Cymodocea rotundata seeds

Cymodocea rotundata

Halodule uninervis

Enhalus acoroides seeds

Enhalus acoroides

Cymodocea serrulata seeds

Halophila decipiens (Caribbean Seagrass) seeds

Halophila decipiens (Caribbean Seagrass) 2

Halophila capricorni

Halophila bullosa

Halophila beccari seeds

Halophila beccari

Halophila australis

Halodule uninervis seeds

Halophila ovata

Halophila ovalis seeds

Halophila ovalis

Halophila minor 2

Halophila minor 1

Halophila linearis

Halophila johnsonii (Johnson's Seagrass) 1

Halophila hawaiiana

Halophila tricostata seeds

Halophila tricostata 2

Halophila tricostata 1

Halophila stipulacea seeds

Halophila stipulacea

Halophila spinulosa seeds

Halophila spinulosa

Halophila seed bank

Posidonia angustifolia

Ruppia megacarpa 2

Ruppia megacarpa 1

Thalassodendron ciliatum 2

Thalassia hemprichii seeds

Thalassia hemprichii 2

Syringodium isoetifolium seeds

Syringodium isoetifolium 2

Thalassodendron pachyrhizon

Zostera capricornii seeds

Zostera capensis

Seagrass habitat: subtidal

Seagrass habitat: rivers

Seagrass habitat: reef

Seagrass habitat: intertidal

Seagrass habitat: deep water

Seagrass habitat: coastal

Zostera capensis seeds

White-tailed deer family

Large doe crossing road

White-tailed deer family on road

Young red fox on grass

Young red fox

Amtrak and MARC trains

Amtrak train

false katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)

Grus americana (Whooping Crane) 2

Flying geese

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : yellow

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : silver

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : leptocephalus

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : glass eel

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel) : elver

Paralichthys dentatus (Summer Flounder) : larva

Paralichthys dentatus (Summer Flounder) : juvenile

Ptychocheilus grandis (Sacramento Pikeminnow)

Oyster larvae

Oyster disease transmission

Flag: USA Maryland

Bookcase

Ladder

Golfer

Clammer

Abalone farming

Hard clam aquaculture pen

Retail: Strip mall

Water: sewage treatment plant 2

Weather: solar radiation

Weather: wind vector

Weather: wind 1

Sediment trap

Sterna maximus (Royal Tern)

Cynoscion nebulosus (Spotted Seatrout)

Centropristis striata (Black Sea Bass)

Elops saurus (Ladyfish)

Limanda ferruginea (Yellowtail Flounder)

Pomatomus saltatrix (Bluefish)

Bagworms

Bee hive

Scientist-educator partnerships produce classroom materials

A new Program Manager for IAN

REU students trained in Science Communication

Upstream land use affects water quality in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Filtering water samples

Bryozoan fouling rope lines

Laughing Gulls

Commercial pile driver

Commercial pile driver

Monitoring Water Quality

Waterfront residential development

Monitoring water quality

Poultry farm along Little Monie Creek

Overhanging tree

Filtering water samples

Storm damage

Storm damage

2008 Chesapeake Bay summer forecast released

Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence Coastal Trends hosts researcher, educators, and students

Integrating Science with Park Management Decisions Workshop

New IAN Personnel

Wanted: IAN Business Manager

Newsletter examines effects of land use on water quality in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Wetlands along Little Creek

Monitoring water quality

Sediments dredged by a boat anchor

Dock on Little Monie Creek at poultry farm

Poultry farm along Little Monie Creek

Poultry farm along Little Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Unique house

Wetlands and forest along Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monitoring water quality

Oyster bioindicator marker

Oyster sanctuary marker

Oyster sanctuary marker

Wetlands along Little Creek

Wetlands along Little Creek

Monitoring water quality

Monitoring water quality

Monitoring water quality

Wetlands along Little Creek

Removal of biofouling

Removing biofouling

Residential development along Monie Creek

Residential development along Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monitoring water quality

Monie Creek

Monitoring water quality

Monitoring water quality

Centrocercus spp. (Sage Grouse)

Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) eggs

Panulirus argus (Spiny Lobster) : phyllosoma

Gorgonian: sea whip

Gorgonian: sea fan

Octopus vulgaris (Common Octopus)

Lytechinus variegatus (Variegated Sea Urchin)

Acropora palmata (Elkhorn Coral) 2

Acropora palmata (Elkhorn Coral) 1

Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral)

Ginglymostoma cirratum (Nurse Shark)

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle)

Balistes capriscus (Gray Triggerfish)

Black Rat Snake

Conceptual Diagrams: tools for effective science communication

Environmental report cards: A tool for better management, monitoring, and research

IAN Image Library now with over 2,000 images

Science Communication Course for Chesapeake Bay Program staffers

Conceptual Diagram workshop held at the Technical Communication Summit

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Monie Creek

Antilope cervicapra (Blackbuck Antelope)

Felis catus (Cat) : feral

Felis catus (Cat) : domestic

Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Bobolink)

Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)

Sternula antillarum (Least Tern)

Haematopus palliatus (American Oystercatcher)

Poecile atricapillus (Black-capped Chickadee)

Turdus migratorius (American Robin)

Strix varia (Barred Owl)

Seining for fish in the Magothy

Seining for fish

Seining for fish

Fish caught in a seining net

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Fish Seining

Soft Shoreline

Hard Shoreline

Boathouse

Environmental report cards: A tool for better management, monitoring, and research

San Francisco Estuary report card scoping workshop

Chester and Patuxent River Report cards released

Environmental problem solving in coastal ecosystems: A paradigm shift to sustainability

Science Communication Courses held at Horn Point and Charleston, SC

Mixed land use near Salisbury

Tree clearing near Wicomico River

Chicken farm near Salisbury, MD

Development near Salisbury

Wicomico Creek

Wicomico Creek

Southeastern Shore-Virginia

Southeastern Shore-Virginia

Southeastern Shore-Virginia

Southeastern Shore-Virginia

Watt's Island

Southwest Somerset County

Southwest Somerset County

Little Deal Island

Little Deal Island

Deal Island

Creek off the Wicomico River

Creek off the Wicomico River

Residential development

Nutters Crossing Golf Course

Fallow field

Field preparation

Various crops

Fallow fields

Tractor paths

Field outside Salisbury

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River meet

Wicomico River

Rusted tin roof

Marsh along Wicomico River

Looking down the Wicomico

Looking down the Wicomico

Shiles Creek

Fields along Wicomico River

Forest and fields along the Wicomico River

Wetlands surrounding Little Creek

Monie Bay, NERR

Monie Bay

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay and Wicomico River

Monie Bay, NERR

Monie Bay, NERR

Ditched marsh

Broad Creek

Ditches in Deal Island Marsh

Dames Quarter marsh

Route 363, Deal Island Road

Deal Island Road, Route 363

Little Creek and Monie Bay

Little Creek

Wetlands off of Wicomico River.

Wetlands off of Wicomico

Wetlands off of Wicomico

Mixed land use near the Wicomico River

Agriculture bordering a Wicomico creek

Agricultural pressure on wetlands

Wetlands bordering the Wicomico River

Mixed land use near the Wicomico

Mixed land use near the Wicomico River.

Coastline near York River

Seagrass beds near York River

Residential development near York River

Wetlands, coast near York River

Sandy coast near the York River

Sandy coast near the York River

Crisfield, Maryland

Crisfield, Maryland

Mixed land use outside of Crisfield

Mixed land use south of Crisfield

Wetlands outside of Crisfield

Wetlands, south of Crisfield

Crisfield, MD

Watt's Island

Seagrass beds between the Rappahannock and York Rivers

Mixed land use in Wicomico Cty

Los Angeles Harbor

Petroleum plant in Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Catalina Island

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Los Angeles Harbor

Tylerton and Rhodes Point

Ewell

Cherry Island

Looking west at Cherry Island

Cherry Island

South Marsh Island

Town of Wenona

Deal Island and Deal Island Marsh

Laws Thorofare and Tangier Sound

Laws Thorofare

Cod Harbor

Cod Harbor

Tangier Island

Tangier

Tangier Island

Gwynn Island

Gwynn Island

Fishing Bay, on the Piankatank River

Fishing Bay, on the Piankatank River

Stingray Point

Stingray Point

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

Fleets Island

Town of Fitchetts, VA

Towns of Moon and Fitchetts

Point Breeze

Gwynn Island

Spit off Gwynn Island

Gwynn Island

Spit off Gwynn Island.

New Point Comfort Preserve

Pepper Creek

Pepper Creek

Susan, Viriginia

Mobjack Bay

Port Hollywood

Farm amidst the forest

Stutts Creek

Farm near Diggs, Virginia

Gwynn Island

New Point, Virginia

New Point, Virginia

New Point Campground

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Nassawadox Creek

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Hungars Creek

Farms along Hungar Creek

Farms at Church Neck

Church Neck

Tip of Great Neck

Old Town Neck

The Gulf

Nassawadox Creek

Growing fields

Riparian buffers

Riparian buffers

Nassawadox Creek

Off the Nassawadox Creek

Nassawadox Creek

Agriculture on Church Neck

Nassawadox Creek

Agriculture on Virginia Eastern Shore

Agriculture on Occohannock Neck

Agriculture on Occohannock Neck

Agriculture on Occohannock Neck

Agriculture on Occohannock Neck

Tree farms on Occohannock Neck

Nassawadox Creek

Nassawadox Creek

Cow farm near Salisbury

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)

University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)

Route 50 near Princess Anne

Crisfield, MD

Looking up Crisfield Rd/413

Three types of land use in Maryland

Crisfield, MD

Wor-Wic Community College

Chicken farms near Salisbury

Forest cover

Salisbury, MD

Suburbs outside of Salisbury

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Tree cover near Princess Anne, MD

Mixed land use outside of Princess Anne

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Golf course

Right-of-way

Winter wheat

Winter wheat

Agricultural irrigator

Marshes in Somerset County

Marshes in Somerset County

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Wicomico River

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island Wildlife Management Area

Marshes in Somerset County

Marshes in Somerset County

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Smith Island

Smith Island

Smith Island

South Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Deal Island

Deal Island

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Tangier Island

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

Gwynns Island

Cherry Point

Cherry Point

Piankatank River

Piankatank River

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

Ware Neck Point, Virginia

Cleared forest near Mobjack Bay, Virginia

Tributaries of Mobjack Bay

Lillys Neck

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

Sandy Point

New Point, Virginia

Mobjack Bay

Mobjack Bay

Mobjack Bay

Mobjack Bay

Pepper Creek, Virginia

Mobjack Bay

Ware Neck Point, Virginia

Mobjack Bay

Ware Neck Point, Virginia

Nassawadox Creek

Westerhouse Creek

Hungars Creek, Virginia

Hungars Creek, Virginia

Hungars Creek

Hungars Creek

Mattawoman Creek

The Gulf on the eastern shore of Virginia

New Point, Virginia

New Point, Virginia

Hacks Neck

Hacks Neck

Hacks Neck

Hyslop Marsh and Nandua Creek

Hyslop Marsh

Craddock Neck

Craddock Creek

Occohannock Creek

Nassawadox Creek

Nassawadox Creek

Mouth of the Pocomoke River

Big Marsh

Beach Island

Beach Island

Island on Virginia's eastern shore

Parkers Marsh Wildlife Refuge

Parkers Marsh Wildlife Refuge

Parkers Island

Pungoteague Creek

Pungoteague Creek

Agriculture and the Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area

Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area

Pocomoke Sound Wildlife Management Area

The Pocomoke River

Poultry farming

Poultry farming

Poultry farming

Poultry farming

East Creek

East Creek

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

The Pocomoke River

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Chicken houses

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginiga's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia

Pocomoke River

Pocomoke River

Pocomoke River

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Line Fishing

Measuring a striped bass

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass)

Striped Bass Gils

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass)

Sandwich Terns mating

Painted Desert

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Lake Powell

Wupatki National Monument

Wupatki National Monument

Sunset Crater National Monument, Flagstaff, AZ

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Painted Desert

Painted Desert

Painted Desert

Painted Desert

Caspian Tern in Charlotte County Florida

2007 Patuxent River Report Card

Red Knots

Royal Terns mating

Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove)

The Oyster Recovery Partnership deploying oysters in the Choptank River.

Ghost Crab on the beach

2007 Chester River Report Card

kids fishing

national park buys hybrid car

Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)

Red Knot - Banded

Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)

Eastern Redbud

Eastern Redbud

National Park visitor recreation

Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)

road runoff in national park

road corridor through national park

bear relocation cage

Great Smoky Mountain stream

Rhododendrums next to mountain stream

stone wall

American Oystercatcher

flooded roads

flooded roads

Chesapeake Bay 2007: Land Use and the Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Chesapeake Bay Health Report Card: 2007

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

Choptank River Bridge

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

Choptank River

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card Press Release

Fine scale patterns of water quality in three regions of Marylands Coastal Bays: assessing nitrogen source in relation to land use

Reporting fine scale water quality and nitrogen source patterns related to land use in Maryland's Coastal Bays

The charisma of coastal ecosystems: addressing the imbalance

Reef Plan Monitoring: Marine Water Quality Impacts

2007 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Cover crops

Cover crops

Water quality monitoring

Water quality and cover crop monitoring

No-till field

Spectral reflectance

Monitoring agricultural drainage

Drainage ditch and control structure

No-till Field

Controlled drainage structure station

Drainage ditch

Water quality measurements

Grand Canyon

Bufo americanus (American Toad) : adult

Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird)

Rana clamitans melanota (Northern Green Frog) : adult

Sydney Opera House

Piping Plover flying

Piping Plover

Black bush

Spanish dagger yucca

Ponderosa Pines

Prickly pear cactus

Bridge: Sydney Harbour

Green Heron

bald eagle

Aegolius acadicus (Northern Saw-whet Owl)

Reef Plan Monitoring: Marine Water Quality Impacts

New COSEE Center: Coastal Trends

Managing the cultural and natural resources of the national parks of west Hawai'i island

IAN staff lead a workshop to develop a report card for Central Kura Basin, South Caucasus

Watershed condition assessment for Rock Creek Park

Pine forest

Loblolly pines

Cord grass

Assateague marsh

Assateague marsh

tree on dune

Wild pony

Bay-side beach

Bay-side Beach

freshwater pond

Baltimore Blvd

Forster's Tern Diving

Balaena mysticetus (Bowhead Whale)

Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)

Casuarina spp. (Casuarina)

Acipenser oxyrinchus (Atlantic Sturgeon)

Carcharhinus plumbeus (Sandbar Shark)

Hunter

Watershed condition assessment for Rock Creek Park in the National Capital Region

Forster's Tern flying

Fine scale patterns of water quality in three regions of Maryland's Coastal Bays: assessing nitrogen source in relation to land use

Little Blue Heron

A cultural context for preserving Hawaii's diverse ecological landscape

Summer intern, Emily Benson publishes her bioindicator research

EcoCheck website summarizes Chesapeake Bay summer conditions

Course in Communicating Science Effectively

IAN continues its involvement in the Maryland Coastal Bays

Inventory and Monitoring Program, Pacific Island Network, National Park Service

Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park

sunset view anchored off Barbuda

sunset view of Barbuda

residential development on beachfront

conch fisherman

conch fisherman

conch fisherman

fishing boats

Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens)

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Barbuda fishermen boats

Barbuda fishermen boats

Sugar cane mill ruin of St. Kitts

Sugar cane fields of St. Kitts

Fishing boats at anchor.

Fishing behind the reef.

Fisherman cutting off the fins of the shark.

Fisherman shows small shark catch.

Green monkey of St. Kitts

Green monkey of St. Kitts

Grazer exclusion sign at study site on St. Kitts

Revegetation site

Feral goats of St. Kitts

View of Frigate Bay St. Kitts and the island of Nevis

View of Nevis from Turtle Beach, St. Kitts

Rainbow over St. Kitts

Free range cow drinks from sugar cane boiling pot.

Woodpecker

Inner harbor of St Barths

View of anchorage taken on ÃŽle Fourche

View of St. Barths taken from ÃŽle Fourche

Beach litter sign at Shell Beach

Megayachts of St Barths

Attendance at the Estuarine Research Federation Conference in Providence, RI

Asian oysters: Science to inform policy decisions

New seagrass fact sheet

Conservation Science Awards

Course in Communicating Science Effectively

Squeeze Zone for Striped Bass

Hypoxia

Shallow vs. Deep well

Physiographic Regions of Maryland

Chesapeake Bay restoration goals

Protecting wetland migration corridors

Sea-level rise in Maryland's coastal bays

How sea-level rise affects the community

Protective natural resources

Flooding vs. inundation

Vulnerability to sea-level rise

Climate impacts on human health

Climate drivers

Climate change and the water cycle

Residential water filtration

Natural versus impervious water filtration

Echinothrix diadema (Long Spined Urchin)

Fregata minor (Great Frigatebird)

Phalacrocorax varius (Australian Pied Cormorant)

Bos taurus (Bull)

Bos taurus (Longhorn Steer)

Acropora: bleached 2

Acropora: bleached 1

Acropora: fragment

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : female ventral view

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : ventral view adolescent female

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : male ventral view

Seagrass: A Hidden Treasure

Urban: city building 06

Urban: city building 07

Suburban: canal estate 2

Suburban: rancher 1

Urban: row houses

USA CA: Estero Bay 3D

Sediment

New IAN personnel

Incorporating habitat into ecosystem-based fisheries management

A summer of poor water clarity, algal blooms, and fish kills (Summer lookback newsletter)

DoD report on Bay restoration and partnerships released

National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment report available

A summer of poor water clarity, algal blooms, and fish kills

Components of habitat

Sciaenops ocellatus (Red Drum)

Incorporating habitat into ecosystem-based fisheries management: Habitat matters!

Components of the Asian Oyster Environment Impact Statement

Do retreating marshes create seagrass habitat? The importance of sand, plant morphology, and hydrodynamics

Chelodina oblonga (Oblong Turtle)

Typha orientalis (Bulrush)

Waquoit Bay

Waquoit Bay

Waquoit Bay

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla (Swamp Paperbark)

Wild turkeys in farm field

Wild tom turkey up close

Wild turkey struts his stuff

Oyster disease prevalence

National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: A Decade of Change

Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet) : flock

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet) 2

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae (Red-necked Avocet) 1

Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo) : male

Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo) : female with joey

Asian oysters: Science to inform policy decisions

Global seagrass distribution and diversity: A bioregional model

Great Barrier Reef Marine Integration Workshop

Integrated Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Areas workshop in Manila, Philippines

IAN personnel changes

Defending our National Treasure: A Department of Defense Chesapeake Bay Restoration Partnership 1998-2004

Charadrius alexandrinus (Snowy Plover)

Eschrichtius robustus (Gray Whale)

Enhydra lutris (Sea Otter) 2

Arctostaphylos spp. (Manzanita)

Paralichthys californicus (California Halibut)

Sebastes carnatus (Gopher Rockfish)

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Cabezon)

Nereocystis pyrifera (Bull Kelp)

Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) 2

Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp) 1

Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Diatom)

Mooring

Oyster farming 2

Oyster farming

Fish trap 2

Prison

USA CA: Morro Bay 3D estuary and harbor

Prison Tower

Rhizophora mucronata

Bai (Palauan meeting place)

Coconut palm tree

Taro 2

Civil Engineering: bulkhead

Jetty 2

Civil Engineering: riprap

Water: septic system 2

Water: septic system 1

Water: septic system

2006 Chesapeake Bay health report card

Ointment

Bird watcher

Ursus maritimus (Polar Bear)

Seagrasses of south-west Australia: A conceptual synthesis of the world's most diverse and extensive seagrass meadows

Integrated Water Resource Management in the South Caucasus, Georgia September 2007

Report on linking stable nitrogen isotopes in oyster bioindicator to land use

International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River wins the 2007 International Thiess Riverprize

Bos taurus (Hereford Steer)

Quercus montana (Chestnut Oak) with roots

Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) with roots

Economic indicators

Bioindicators

Human access management

Habitat management

Linking science and management

Pisonia spp. (Pisonia)

Acropora spp.

Plectropomus spp. (Coral Trout)

Synthesising research, management, and monitoring

Supporting management through an annual cycle of ecological forecasting and assessment

Protecting Palau's natural heritage

Linking water quality to living resources in a mid-Atlantic lagoon system, USA

The challenge of communicating monitoring results to effect change

NPS Inventory and Monitoring workshops in Hawaii

Linking Monie Bay watershed land use to nitrogen stable isotopes in tissues of the native eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

Protecting Palau's natural heritage

Diagram showing how land use on Babeldaob Island affects the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Diagram showing how the Compact Road on Babeldaob has increase access and transport around the island, leading to increased impacts in the watersheds.

Diagram showing how land clearing and development in the Ngerikiil watershed is causing erosion into Airai Bay, where the sediment smothers seagrasses and corals.

Annapolis biking ecotour

Eutrophication report released at the National Press Club

Science Communication Course at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

An eye-opening approach to developing and communicating integrated environmental assessments

Effects of nutrient enrichment in the Nation's estuaries: A decade of change

Effects of nutrient enrichment in the Nation's estuaries: A decade of change

DNA: strand 2

Sources and survival of bacteria in the water column

2007 Chesapeake Bay Hypoxic Volume Forecast

Educating state officials

Educating state officials

New IAN Personnel

Communicating Science Effectively handbook reviewed

P/ICES New Frontiers in Marine Science Conference

Dissolved oxygen forecast update

EcoCheck bids farewell to Kate Boicourt

Maryland Natural Resources Police

Maryland Coastal Bays Tour

Biological Testing Site

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory pier

Hard Shoreline

Fishing in Maryland's Coastal Bays

Moss 2

Moss 1

Farm Chesapeake Bay

Beach on Solomons Island, Maryland

Choptank Riverbank

Phragmites australis subsp. americanus

Choptank River Bridge

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

Oyster Hatchery Tank

Osprey Nest

Marsh grass sample

Chesapeake Bay 2007: Summer Ecological Forecast

Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe Crab)

2007 Chesapeake Bay summer ecological forecast

Morro Bay: Working together for a healthy ecosystem

Breath of life: Dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

Two positions available

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Gravel Barge

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

North Point State Park

North Point State Park

North Point State Park

Fort McHenry

Industrial Park, Baltimore

Coal power plant, Baltimore

Coal power plant, Baltimore

Coal power plant

Coal power plant, Baltimore

Ship yard, Baltimore

Ship yard, Baltimore

Toll booth

Sparrows Point Industrial Complex

Fransis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore

Shipping containers

Shipping containers

shipping containers

Coal-fire plant

East Channel, Baltimore

East Channel, Baltimore

West Channel, Baltimore

West Channel, Baltimore

West Channel, Baltimore

Severn River Bridge

Severn River Bridge

Severn River

Contruction of Back River.

Back Creek

Back Creek

Boyd Pond

Boyd Pond

Sparrow Point Industrial Park

Chestertown

Tributaries of the Chester River

Fishing boats and Chincoteague Channel Bridge

Sunset over Chincoteague Bay

Sunset over Chincoteague Bay

Laughing gulls next to tire tracks on the beach at Assateague Is

Fishing boats docked at Chincoteague Island, VA.

Fishing boats docked at Chincoteague Island, VA.

Chincoteague Channel Bridge, Chincoteague, VA.

Sunset over Chincoteague Bay

Sunset over Chincoteague Bay

Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria) plant in Chincoteague National

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Pony grazing in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Fishing boats and Chincoteague Channel Bridge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Wetlands and forest at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Breath of Life: Dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

View of the Susquehanna River from atop Chickies Rock in Columbi

View of the Susquehanna River from atop Chickies Rock in Columbi

View of the Susquehanna River from atop Chickies Rock in Columbi

View of the Susquehanna River from atop Chickies Rock in Columbi

Quaker Neck

Quaker Neck

The mouth of the Corsica River

Spaniard Neck

Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge

Eastern Neck

Quaker Neck

Kent Narrows

Kent Narrows

Kent Island and the Chester River

Chester River

Chestertown

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Chester River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Upper Chesapeake Bay

Sassafras River

Chester River

Chestertown

Chestertown

Susquehanna Flats

Susquehanna Flats

Susquehanna Flats

Elk River

Pearce Creek

Grassed waterways

Elk Neck

Elk Neck

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Power line right-of-way

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Chester River

Chestertown

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Sassafras River

Elk River

Elk River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Conowingo Dam, Susquehanna River

Highways in Baltimore

Fairfield Industrial Park

Fairfield Industrial Park

Fairfield Industrial Park

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Francis Scott Key Bridge

Swan Creek

West Fork

Deep Creek

Magothy River

Hart-Miller Island

Back River

Back River

Bear Creek, Baltimore

Bear Creek, Baltimore

Bear Creek, Baltimore

Baltimore

Highways in Baltimore

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Severn River

Mill Creek

Broad Neck and the Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Severn River

Annapolis

Annapolis

Annapolis

Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

Ulva bloom on the Tred Avon River

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay Dusk

Dusk at Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay

Chicken Farm on Delmarva Peninsula

Chicken farm on Eastern Shore

Chester River

Riparian buffer zone on the Eastern Shore

Dry-dock ship yard

Ship yards in the Patapsco River

Baltimore, Maryland

Residential complex, Baltimore

Baltimore Harbor

Annapolis Creek

Heavy industry along Patapsco

Western Shoreline of Chesapeake Bay

Patchwork of fields

Riparian Buffer

Development on Eastern Shore

Developed Shoreline and Jetties

Corsica River Mouth

Corsica River Mouth

Corsica River

Contour farming

Reed Creek

Prospect Bay

Port of Baltimore

Pond Creek

Marina in Patapsco River

Main creek mouth of the Patapsco River

Magothy River

Magothy River

Farming on Kent Island

Kent Island

Suburbs on the Patapsco

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

South River

Subdivision in forest

Still Pond Creek

Severn River

Severn River and Annapolis

Settling pond near Baltimore

Susquehanna SAV

Wetlands off the Chester River

Chester River

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River Bridge and Quarry

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna Bridge

Susquehanna Bridge

Weems Creek, Annapolis

Upper Eastern Shore Farming

Morro Bay: working together for a healthy ecosystem

Morro Bay: working together for a healthy ecosystem

Diagram showing features of and threats to Estero Bay, California.

Diagram showing features of and threats to Morro Bay, California.

Diagram showing features of and threats to the Morro Bay watershed, California.

Gulo gulo (Wolverine)

Chainsaw art at the Spa Creek Conservancy

Rain garden at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

Green roof on the Severn Savings Bank, Annapolis

Green roof on the Severn Savings Bank, Annapolis

Green roof on the Severn Savings Bank, Annapolis

Rain garden in Amos Garrett Park.

Native garden in Amos Garrett Park.

Living shoreline in Amos Garrett Park.

Chainsaw art at the Spa Creek Conservancy

Chainsaw art at the Spa Creek Conservancy

Future directions in fisheries management: An ecosystem-based approach

No Dumping - Drains To Bay

A forest of masts at Mears Marina, Annapolis

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Marshes in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Marshes in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Habitat squeeze

2006 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Calculating the 2006 Chesapeake Bay report card scores

Altered Oceans series wins Pulitzer Prize

Science Communication Course

Measuring the Health of our National Parks: Rock Creek Park

Sunset in Chincoteague

Restroom

Health care industry: red cross

Mathematics: Pi

Music: eighth notes 1

Calculating the 2006 Chesapeake Bay report card scores

Chesapeake Bay Habitat Health Report Card: 2006

Development of an Integrated and Spatially Explicit Index of Chesapeake Bay Health (Bay Habitat Health Index - BHHI)

Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore Maple)

Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) flowers

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)

Liriodendron tulipifera (American Tulip Tree)

Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)

Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)

Quercus falcata (Southern Red Oak)

Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood Viburnum)

Course in Communicating Science Effectively

Science Communication Intern

IUCN Red List Assessment of Caribbean seagrass, mangrove, coral and algae

Protecting the natural heritage of Palau

Science Communication Course (IWA)

Assessment of Coastal Management and Science Needs in South Florida

Controlled drainage structure

Lynx rufus (Bobcat)

Benthic-pelagic coupling

Healthy versus unhealthy Maryland Coastal Bays

Biological indicators enhance water quality monitoring in Maryland's Coastal Bays

New science communication newsletter hardcopy subscription options

Biological indicators enhance water quality monitoring in Maryland's Coastal Bays newsletter

UMCES in the News searchable database

Beneficial use of dredged material to restore Chesapeake Bay wetlands newsletter

New IAN contract staff

Chandelier Cave in Palau

Chandelier Cave in Palau

Moorish idol in Palau

Grey reef shark, Palau

Chandelier Cave in Palau

Cryptogamic crust in Palau

Bai in Palau

Bai in Palau

Diving the Blue Corner, Palau

Grey reef shark, Palau

Barracuda in Palau

Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Crown of thorns starfish in Palau

Ulong Island, Palau

Ulong Island, Palau

Underwater in Palau

Plate coral at the Cemetery, Palau

Corals in Palau

Coral bleaching in Palau

Underwater in Palau

Harlequin tuskfish in Palau

Coral bleaching in Palau

Butterflyfish eating a mushroom coral, Palau

Soft coral, Palau

Feather star on coral at one of the sites monitored by the Palau

Plate coral in Palau

Staghorn coral in Palau

Feather stars on coral at one of the sites monitored by the Pala

Coral bleaching in Palau

Giant clams in Palau

Ascidians on coral, Palau

Beneficial use of dredged material to restore Chesapeake Bay wetlands

Martes pennanti (Fisher)

Ursus americanus (American Black Bear)

Sturnella neglecta (Western Meadowlark)

Tipi/Teepee (Plains Indians)

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : fawn

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : doe

Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer) : buck

Assessment of Coastal Management and Science Needs in South Florida

Ice on the Choptank River

Ice on the Choptank River

Frozen Choptank River

Frozen Choptank River

Frozen Choptank River looking towards Trappe

Ice in the Choptank River

Ice on rip rap

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Blacktip Reef Shark)

Rhincodon typus (Whale Shark)

Restore vs. Retreat: Securing ecosystem services provided by coastal Louisiana

The role of benthic communities in the health of Maryland's Coastal Bays

The role of benthic communities in the health of Maryland's Coastal Bays

Science Communication Course (23-27 April, 2007)

Annapolis Synthesis Center hosts climate change workshops

Restore vs. Retreat: Securing ecosystem services provided by coastal Louisiana

Picea glauca (White Spruce)

Trichechus spp. (Manatee)

Lighthouse 3

Wheat kernels

Wake turbulence

Coastline 2D: catchment, river, nearshore and offshore reefs

Stream 3D: eroding banks

Laurencia obtusa

Sphyraena spp. (Barracuda)

Drip torch

Child swimmer

Construction near Florida Keys

New bridge construction

Piles of sediment on the way to the Keys

Construction on the way to the Florida Keys

On the way to the Florida Keys

Agriculture and new Development in South Florida

Agriculture in South Florida

Main Street, Homestead, Florida

Main Street, Homestead, FL

New bridge construction on the way to the Keys

Bridge construction

!hidden! Happy Holidays from the Integration and Application Network

National Capital Region Network poster series

Harmful algal blooms: Maryland status and trends newsletter

Summer forecast award ceremony raises a laugh

New UMCES-IAN Support Staff

Winter cover crops reduce nitrates

Sediment influence and water clarity

Riparian forest buffers

Phosphorus in the Chesapeake Bay

Nitrogen input in the Chesapeake Bay

Nutrient flow in an estuary

Sources of nitrogen/phosphorus deposition

Native vs invasive Phragmites

Algal blooms result in low oxygen

Chesapeake Bay aquatic grass distribution from 1965-2000

Poor vs effective storm management

Bay encroachment

Calidris spp. (Sandpiper)

Charadrius melodus (Piping Plover) 1

Bison bison (American Bison)

Procyon lotor (Raccoon) 2

Taro plantation

Hypoxia and Anoxia

Effect of nutrients of aquatic primary producers

National Capital Region Network Regional Overview

Harmful algal blooms: Maryland status and trends newsletter

Antietam National Battlefield

Catoctin Mountain Park

George Washington Memorial Parkway

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Monocacy National Battlefield Park

National Capital Parks-East

Prince William Forest Park

Rock Creek Park

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Seagrasses: Prairies of the Sea

Encrusting coral

2007 IAN/UMCES calendar now available

A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems; Orth et al 2006

Ecosystem-based fisheries management newsletter

Report on nitrogen source assessment for Maryland Coastal Bays available

The role of the coastal ocean in the disturbed and undisturbed nutrient and carbon cycles: A management perspective

Future directions of fisheries management: An ecosystem-based approach

Dory at rest, Wickford, RI

Weather extremes lead to typical conditions

Pride of Baltimore

Pride of Baltimore

Pride of Baltimore

Climate change synthesis

Weather extremes lead to typical conditions (Summer lookback newsletter)

National Park Service Showcase for Science

Workshop on Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research (SIBER)

ISBW 7 Conference 2006

Water quality in four regions of the Maryland Coastal Bays: assessing nitrogen source in relation to rainfall and brown tide

The role of the coastal ocean in the disturbed and undisturbed nutrient and carbon cycles: A management perspective

From the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean: defining seagrass habitats to assess system processes

Investigating menhaden recruitment variability: Modeling the relationship between striped bass recovery and menhaden recruitment

Commercial oyster harvesting

Commercial seafood harvesting on Eastern Bay

Harvesting oysters using divers

Divers and commercial oyster harvesting

Harvesting oysters in Eastern Bay

Commercial oyster harvest

Platygyra spp. (Brain Coral)

Carcharhinus leucas (Bull Shark) 1

Plate coral 3

Plate coral 2

Plate coral 1

Lutjanus sebae (Red Emperor)

Pristiophorus spp. (Saw Shark)

Scomberomorus cavalla (King Mackerel)

Sphyrna spp. (Hammerhead Shark)

Annapolis Synthesis Center

Littoral 2006 Conference

New UMCES/CBPO Water Quality Analyst

New Integration and Application Network Intern

A global crisis for seagrass ecosystems?

Modeling Atlantic menhaden recruitment in Chesapeake Bay: Is the striped bass recovery a problem?

Early summer rain event

Ecosystem health report cards: an approach to integrated assessment

Early summer rain event newsletter

Ecosystem health report cards: An approach to integrated assessment

Morro Bay Workshops

Job Vacancies

Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)

Chaetodon lineolatus (Lined Butterflyfish)

Light logger in seagrass beds

Annapolis Office

IAN Symbol Libraries reaches 20,000 downloads in 200+ countries

Communicating Science Effectively: A Practical Handbook for Integrating Visual Elements

IAN Image & Video Library

Coastal Louisiana Newsletter

University of Florida Science Communication Course

Patience+Prudence Is. Narragansett Bay

near anoxic sulfidic waters- Greenwich Cove, RI

Wickford Harbor RI - sulfidic waters

Dense Ulva beds Bullock Point, Providence River, RI

Macroalgal bloom in Buttonwoods, Warwick, RI

Wickford Harbor, RI hypoxic and sulfidic waters

Crayfish

Southern sea otter

Giant kelp

California sea lions

Spanish moss

Monterey cypress

Monterey cypress

Spider web at Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California

Sticky monkey flowers at Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, California

Dew drops on a groundcover plant, Point Lobos State Reserve, California

Dew drops on a groundcover plant, Point Lobos State Reserve, California

California sagebrush

Algae on Monterey cypress trees

Algae on Monterey cypress trees

Algae on Monterey cypress trees

California sage brush

California sage brush

California sage brush

Spanish moss

Palm tree kelp, Postelsia palmaeformis

Harbor seals

Rock formations at Point Lobos State Reserve, California

Giant kelp

Giant kelp

The kelp Macrocystis integrifolia washed up on a beach at Pacific Grove, California

Harbor seals on rocks offshore from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

unknown grass seed head Waterton Alberta 2

unknown grass

aster (Asteraceae)

twinflower (Linnaea borealis) on moss bed

stonefly shell case close-up (Plecoptera) on river rock

stonefly shell case (Plecoptera) on river rock

sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)

spotted knapweed flower (Centaurea stoebe) with honey bee

spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)

silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

young grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

wood chips loaded onto trains

white-tailed buck on park trail

western serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia)

Waterton Pk signage

unknown lichen and forest floor plants

unknown grass seed head Waterton Alberta 1

Common Mullein closeup (Verbascum thapsus)

Phylospadix (surf grass)

Phyllospadix (surf grass)

Phylospadix (surf grass)

Mud flat at low tide

Eelgrass growing on intertidal mudflat

Ruppia maritima (widgeongrass) on mudflat

Salicornia marsh (pickle weed)

Flowering Ruppia maritima (widgeongrass)

Collecting invertebrates

Breach to Bay Champagne

Breach to Bay Champagne

Diagram showing the landscape of the Chenier and Deltaic Plains of coastal Louisiana.

Enhancing Landscape Integrity in Coastal Louisiana: Water, Sediment & Ecosystems

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Rocky intertidal area at Sea West, north of Morro Bay, California

Arid-adapted plants from the California desert

"Living stones" - arid-adapted plants from the California desert

Morro Bay rock, California

California sea lion

California sea lion

California sea lion

California sea lion

Early morning fog in the Morro Bay harbor

Diagram showing trade-offs in Deltaic and Chenier Plain sediment use in coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing ecosystems of the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing hydrology on the Chenier Plain of coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing ecosystems of the Deltaic Plain of coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing hydrology of the Deltaic Plain of coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing trade-offs in riverine sediment use in coastal Louisiana.

Morro Rock

Big Sur coastline

The Lone Cypress near Carmel, California

Rocky coastline along the 17-Mile-Drive near Carmel, California

Harbor seals on the beach

Rocky coastline along the 17-Mile-Drive near Carmel, California

Harbor seals on the beach

Harbor seals on the beach

Elephant seals

Elephant seals

Elephant seals

The Old Building and the Sea

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

The Old Building and the Sea

The Old Building and the Sea

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

Wetland Ditch

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

Osprey Fledglings

Wetlands in Johnson's Bay

Oyster Mortality

Tube worms

Field work is fun!

Bouy Ahoy

Oyster sampling unit

Bricks, oyster cages and buoys

Oyster Cage

Bouy Overboard

Captain Tim

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Maryland

Downtown Annapolis, Maryland

The Navy stadium in Annapolis, Maryland

The Navy stadium in Annapolis, Maryland

Runoff plume

Runoff plume

Seagrass in Round Bay in the Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland

Seagrass in Round Bay in the Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Plumes of water around the Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Sediment plume coming out of the South River

Sediment plume coming out of the South River

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Annapolis wastewater treatment plant

Annapolis wastewater treatment plant

Offices of the Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Maryland

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Aerial view of Poplar Island in the mid-Cheasapeake Bay

Multiple sediment plumes converging in the mid-Bay

Multiple sediment plumes converging in the mid-Bay

Sediment plumes around Horn Point

Boone Creek, Oxford, Maryland

Oxford, Maryland

Oxford, Maryland

Oxford, Maryland

A tributary of the Choptank River

A tributary of the Choptank River

Flooded farm fields

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

Harris Creek, a tributary of the Choptank River

The historic district of Cambridge, Maryland

The historic district of Cambridge, Maryland

The historic district of Cambridge, Maryland

Hambrooks Bay, Cambridge

Hambrooks Bay, Cambridge

Sediment plumes in the Choptank River

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Horn Point Laboratory

Aerial view of the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Maryland

Aerial view of the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge, Maryland

The Cambridge wastewater treatment plant

The Cambridge wastewater treatment plant

The Cambridge wastewater treatment plant

Downtown Cambridge, Maryland

Farm Creek, adjacent to Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Chesapeake Bay Seminar Series Broadcasting Live

A Conceptual Basis for Natural Resource Monitoring

International Tidal Wetlands Conference

Science communication course

New Intern and Summer Students

Quahogger in Narragansett Bay, RI

Communicating Science Effectively: A Practical Handbook for Integrating Visual Elements

Looking north up Little Blackwater River

Aerial view of the Horn Point Laboratory campus on the Choptank River

Aerial view of the Horn Point Laboratory campus on the Choptank River

Aerial view of the Horn Point Laboratory campus on the Choptank River

Aerial view of the Horn Point Laboratory campus on the Choptank River

Glebe Creek, a tributary of the Miles River near Easton

In the foreground is a plume in Boone Creek, as a result of the excessive rain in late June 2006.

Maple Dam Road in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater River in Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

River plumes in the Honga River

River plumes in the Honga River

River plumes entering Fishing Bay

Marsh ditching in Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Marshes in Farm Creek Marsh in Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Cedar Creek (top) and Farm Creek (bottom), with Cedar Creek Road running between them. Both these creeks drain into Fishing Bay

Cedar Creek (top) and Farm Creek (bottom), with Cedar Creek Road running between them. Both these creeks drain into Fishing Bay

Plume coming out of the mouth of Cedar Creek, into the west side of Fishing Bay

Plume coming out of the mouth of Cedar Creek, into the west side of Fishing Bay

Elliott Island in Fishing Bay

Marsh ditching adjacent to Fishing Bay, in the Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Marsh ditching adjacent to Fishing Bay, in the Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Marsh ditching adjacent to Fishing Bay, in the Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

River plumes entering Fishing Bay

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River

World's End Creek, which drains into Charles Creek and the Honga River

World's End Creek, which drains into Charles Creek and the Honga River

World's End Creek, which drains into Charles Creek and the Honga River

Green marshes adjacent to Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Green marshes adjacent to Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Farm Creek, adjacent to Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

Healthy marshes (green) and stressed marshes (brown) in Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area

River plumes in the Honga River

River plumes in the Honga River

River plumes in the Honga River

River plumes in the Honga River

Widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) in the Honga River

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River. Dark areas are widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) meadows.

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River. Dark areas are widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) meadows.

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River. Dark areas are widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) meadows.

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River. Dark areas are widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) meadows.

Water plumes coming off Parks Neck into the Honga River. Dark areas are widgeon grass (Ruppia maritima) meadows.

Healthy marshes (green) and stressed marshes (brown) in and around Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area.

Healthy marshes (green) and stressed marshes (brown) in and around Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area.

Healthy marshes (green) and stressed marshes (brown) in and around Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area.

Healthy marshes (green) and stressed marshes (brown) in and around Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area.

River plumes in the Honga River and Charles Creek

River plumes in Charles Creek

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Plumes coming from tributaries of the Nanticoke River, after the excessive rains of June 2006

Poultry farming in the Nanticoke River watershed

Dark coffee-colored water in Marshyhope Creek

Dark coffee-colored water in Marshyhope Creek

The IAN office

Scenic view

Choptank view

Zostera marina (eelgrass)

Docked Scallop Dredger

Scallop Dredger in Montauk Harbor, NY

Sailboat on Tred Avon River

Sailboat on Chesapeake Bay

Sailboat near Eastern Shore

Indicator and communication redesign effort: Progress and development of a spatial health index

Tide pools, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tide pools, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tide pools, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine

Lobster boat, Acadia National Park, Maine

Lobster boat, Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Sign, Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Maine stream

Seaweed, Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seaweed, Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seaweed, Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seaweed, Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seaweed, Seawall, Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Acadia National Park, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tide, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tide, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park, Maine

Crab, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park, Maine

Rocky coast, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bass Harbor Head Light, Acadia National Park, Maine

Low tide, Acadia National Park, Maine

Rocks, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss or fungus?, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss, Acadia National Park, Maine

Hiking trail, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss, Acadia National Park, Maine

Balsam fir, Acadia National Park, Maine

Balsam fir, Acadia National Park, Maine

Balsam fir, Acadia National Park, Maine

Water and rock, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tree trunk, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss along stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss, Acadia National Park, Maine

Lichen, Acadia National Park, Maine

Vegetation, Acadia National Park, Maine

Hover fly on flower, Acadia National Park, Maine

Tree trunk, Acadia National Park, Maine

Ant, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss covered forest, Acadia National Park, Maine

Fungus, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss covered forest, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss covered forest, Acadia National Park, Maine

Spiderweb, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss covered forest, Acadia National Park, Maine

Moss covered forest, Acadia National Park, Maine

Barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Starfish, snails, and barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Snails and barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Snails and barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Limpets and algae, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seagull, Acadia National Park, Maine

Fungus, Acadia National Park, Maine

Stream, Acadia National Park, Maine

Bug on bunchberry, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seagull, Acadia National Park, Maine

Seagull, Acadia National Park, Maine

Crab, Acadia National Park, Maine

Barnacles covering mussels, Acadia National Park, Maine

Snails and barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Barnacles and snails, Acadia National Park, Maine

Barnacles, Acadia National Park, Maine

Regular vegetation, Orono bog, Maine

Vegetation, Orono, Maine

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Mountain peak, Baxter State Park, Maine

Baxter State Park sign

Vegetation, Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Pitcher plants, Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Vegetation, Orono, Maine

Roaring Brook, Baxter State Park, Maine

Roaring Brook, Baxter State Park, Maine

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Stump Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Mountain, Baxter State Park, Maine

Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Orono bog walkway, Orono, Maine

Pitcher plant, Orono, Maine

Pitcher plant, Orono, Maine

Fungus, Orono, Maine

Tree trunk, Orono, Maine

Raindrops, Orono, Maine

Raindrops, Orono, Maine

Walkway, Orono bog, Maine

Wild chives

Iris

Iris

Deer, Baxter State Park, Maine

Deer, Baxter State Park, Maine

Deer, Baxter State Park, Maine

Deer, Baxter State Park, Maine

Flower, Orono, Maine

Rhodora, Orono, Maine

Stunted pine tree in Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Stunted pine tree in Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Stunted pine tree in Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Stunted pine tree in Orono bog, Orono, Maine

Moose, Baxter State Park, Maine

Moose, Baxter State Park, Maine

Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Sandy Stream Pond, Baxter State Park, Maine

Roaring Brook, Baxter State Park, Maine

Moose, Baxter State Park, Maine

Moose, Baxter State Park, Maine

New IAN Email Subscription Management

IAN's new look - tell us what you think

Summer ecological forecast released

NEEA workshop a success

Erasmus Mundus - Science Communication Class

Dory Workout, Wickford , RI

A Conceptual Basis for Natural Resource Monitoring

MASC Newsletter 5 - Ecological Forecast, Summer 2006

2006 Summer Ecological Forecast Media Briefing

Agriculture along St. Martin River

Killdeer Nest

Snapping Turtle

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bridge

Fishing Boats Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay marsh

Seagrass Sampling

Sea Grass Sampling

Sea Grass Sampling

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Forest clearing for agriculture

Agriculture in Newport Bay watershed

Forest clearing for agriculture in the Newport Bay watershed.

Agriculture in Newport Bay watershed

Agriculture and poultry houses in Newport Bay watershed

Newport Bay

Newport Bay

Agriculture and poultry houses in Newport Bay watershed

Berlin, Maryland

Shopping complex in Berlin

Berlin, Maryland

Berlin, Maryland

Berlin, Maryland

Agriculture and poultry houses in Newport Bay watershed

Agriculture and forest in Newport Bay watershed

Agriculture and forest in Newport Bay watershed

Ocean Downs racetrack

Golf course on Turville Creek

Golf course on Turville Creek

Riddle farm development on Turville Creek

Riddle farm development on Turville Creek

Riddle farm development on Herring Creek

Riddle farm development on Turville Creek

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Ocean Downs racetrack

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Herring and Turville Creeks

Riddle farm development on Herring and Turville Creeks

Development in the St. Martin River watershed

The former Perdue chicken processing plant on Middle Branch of Shingle Landing Prong in St. Martin River watershed

The former Perdue chicken processing plant on Middle Branch of Shingle Landing Prong in St. Martin River watershed

The former Perdue chicken processing plant on Middle Branch of Shingle Landing Prong in St. Martin River watershed

The former Perdue chicken processing plant on Middle Branch of Shingle Landing Prong in St. Martin River watershed

Bishopville Dam, Bishopville

Bishopville Dam, Bishopville

Bishopville Prong, Bishopville

Bishopville Dam, Bishopville

Bishopville Dam, Bishopville

Bishopville Prong

Bishopville Prong

Bishopville Prong

Bishopville Prong

Bishopville Dam, Bishopville

St. Martin River

St. Martin River

St. Martin River

Bishopville Prong

St. Martin River

St. Martin River

Shingle Landing Prong

Shingle Landing Prong

Poultry houses in St. Martin River watershed

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Grey's Creek

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek

Assawoman Bay

Grey's Creek

Grey's Creek

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Marshes in Assawoman Bay

Canal developments in Assawoman Bay

Canal developments in Assawoman Bay

Canal developments on Dirickson Creek, Little Assawoman Bay

Canal developments on Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay.

Assawoman Bay, looking south.

Looking south over Assawoman Bay

Canal developments on Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay.

Canal developments on Dirickson Creek, Little Assawoman Bay.

Canal developments on Dirickson Creek, Little Assawoman Bay.

Looking up Dirickson Creek, Little Assawoman Bay

Roy and Dirickson Creeks, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Looking north along Little Assawoman Bay.

Aerial view of the south-eastern end of Little Assawoman Bay

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (bottom left) with Assawoman Bay (top right)

The southern end of Little Assawoman Bay

Aerial view of the canal joining Little Assawoman Bay (left) with Assawoman Bay (right)

Aerial view of the Assawoman Wildlife Area in Little Assawoman Bay.

Looking north along Little Assawoman Bay.

Remnant marshes and developments along Fenwick Island in Assawoman Bay

Looking south along Fenwick Island

Remnant marshes and developments along Fenwick Island in Assawoman Bay

Remnant marshes and developments along Fenwick Island in Assawoman Bay

Montego Bay Residential Park in northern Assawoman Bay.

Montego Bay Residential Park in northern Assawoman Bay.

Montego Bay Residential Park in northern Assawoman Bay.

Montego Bay Residential Park in northern Assawoman Bay.

Looking north from Assawoman Bay (foreground) to Little Assawoman Bay (background)

Looking north from Assawoman Bay (foreground) to Little Assawoman Bay (background)

Little Assawoman Bay

Looking west over the northern end of Assawoman Bay

Looking south along Fenwick Island

Remnant marshes and developments along Fenwick Island in Assawoman Bay

Looking south along Fenwick Island

Golf course and the Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area.

Golf course and the Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area.

Golf course (The Links at Lighthouse Sound) in Assawoman Bay

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

Isle of Wight Wildlife Management Area

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Ocean City, Fenwick Island, and Isle of Wight Bay

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Looking south from Isle of Wight Bay down Sinepuxent Bay, with Assateague Island on the left.

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Seagrass on the western side of Isle of Wight Bay

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Aerial view of the Ocean City Inlet from Isle of Wight Bay

Marina in Sinepuxent Bay

Just south of the Route 90 bridge in Isle of Wight Bay

Looking west across Newport Bay

Looking west across the mouth of Newport Bay

Looking west across Newport Bay

Looking north along the western edge of Newport Bay

Looking north along the western edge of Newport Bay

Looking north along Newport Bay

Looking north along Newport Bay

Looking north along Newport Bay

Looking north along Sinepuxent Bay.

Looking north along Sinepuxent Bay.

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay.

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay.

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking along Trappe Creek towards Newport Bay

Looking west across the mouth of Newport Bay

Poultry farming in Newport Bay watershed

Marshes and ditches along a tributary of Newport Bay

The Riddle Farm development

Bishopville Dam at the head of Bishopville Prong, St. Martin River

Bishopville Dam at the head of Bishopville Prong, St. Martin River

Bishopville Dam at the head of Bishopville Prong, St. Martin River

The heavily developed Fenwick Island

The heavily developed Fenwick Island

Eroding marshes and small tributaries in Newport Bay

Eroding marshes and small tributaries in Newport Bay

Eroding marshes and small tributaries in Newport Bay

Eroding marshes and small tributaries in Newport Bay

The heavily developed Fenwick Island

Montego Bay Residential Park in Assawoman Bay.

Montego Bay Residential Park in Assawoman Bay.

Allison and Ben deploy bouys

Ocean Pines

Private Jetty

Seagrass Bed

Seagrass Bed

Seagrass sampling St. Martin's River

Seagrass sampling St. Martin's River

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay Bouy Deployment

Houses and Jetties

George Island Landing

Hardshell Clams

Johnson's Bay marsh

Manklin Creek development

eroding wetlands

golf course near Isle of Wight

Farms along the banks of the Bishopville Prong.

Eroding marshes and heavy coastal development in Fenwick Island in Assawoman Bay

Canal estates in Montego Bay

canal estates

farming along St. Martin Creek

Farming along St. Martin Creek

Farming along the Bishopville Prong

West Ocean City and Assateague Island

South Point

Manklin Creek and Turville Creek

Riddle farm land clearing

canal estates along Dirickson Creek

North view of Ocean City

North view of Ocean City

New construction at Riddle Farm

A dense residential area in Ocean City, MD

Looking up Grey's Creek in Assawoman Bay

Looking west up St. Martin River

Roy Creek, Assawoman Bay

Golf course

Poultry farm in Newport Bay watershed.

Heavy development along Dirickson Creek

Canal estates on Roy Creek.

Southern portion of Little Assawoman Bay.

Northern portion of Little Assawoman Bay

Northern end of Assawoman Bay

Golf course in Newport Bay watershed

Eroding marshes in Assawoman Bay

Newport Bridge, a striking portrait, Newport RI

Ria Formosa, Portugal, ponds

Ria Formosa, Portugal

Ria Formosa, Portugal

Ria Formosa, Portugal

Entrance to Ria Formosa, Portugal

Coastal Portugal from the air

Downtown Lisbon, Portugal, from the air

Lisbon, Portugal

Mostly gone for spares

Cyclists on the causway to Praia de Faro, Portugal

Digging hard clams, Portugal

Ria Formosa, Portugal

Ulva and Codium on tidal flat

Clam shells on tidal flat

Golf Course in Assawoman Bay

Ocean City Inlet

Isle of Wight Bay, Maryland Coastal Bays

Fenwick Island, Maryland Coastal Bays

Fenwick Island, Maryland Coastal Bays

Fenwick Island, Maryland Coastal Bays

Fenwick Island, Maryland Coastal Bays

Sinepuxent Bay and Assateague Island

Sinepuxent Bay

Assateague Island

Prop scars in seagrass in Sinepuxent Bay

Sinepuxent Bay and Assateague Island

Ditches in Assateague Island

Golf course in Sinepuxent Bay

Shoals and seagrass

Shoals and seagrass

Shoals and seagrass

Shoals and seagrass

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay

Assateague Island

Assateague Island

Assateague Island

Assateague Island

Assateague Island and Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Bay

Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay

Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Island

Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Inlet

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Island

Clam aquaculture in Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Inlet

Poultry houses

Chincoteague Inlet

Clam aquaculture in Chincoteague Bay

Chincoteague Inlet

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Island

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Mills Island in Chincoteague Bay

Golf course in Newport Bay

Newport Bay

Ditches in Newport Bay

Ditches in Newport Bay

Newport Bay

Newport Bay

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Chincoteague Bay watershed

Newport Bay

Ditches in Newport Bay

Sinepuxent Bay

Spoonbill

Yellow-legged Gull

White stork

white poppy

wildflowers

hillside

groundcover

Tourism on Atlantic beach

Marina

Kite surfers

Algae blooms?

The city of Faro

Aerial of Ria Formosa wetlands-1

produce and meat

local cheese

cliffside fishermen

Lagos coast

beach

cliffs

cliffs and ocean

Lagos waterfront

traditional fishing boat

Ria Formosa

traditional fishing boat

traditional fishing boat

cork stacks

cork oak tree

cork stacks

Seafood window

Low tide on the Ria Formosa

clamming at low tide

fishing boats and the city of Faro

fishing boats at low tide

Highly eutrophic

Low to moderately eutrophic

Low to moderately eutrophic

Eutrophication Brain Trust

Gulf of Mexico group

Pacific coast group

South Atlantic group

Mid Atlantic group

North Atlantic group

Bayou Representative and Bill D.

Great Blue Heron fishes alongside road runoff culverts

Late spring morning brings oyster dredgers out en masse.

Late spring morning brings oyster dredgers out en masse.

Late spring morning brings oyster dredgers out en masse.

Late spring morning brings oyster dredgers out en masse.

EcoCheck

International Tidal Wetlands Conference

National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Workshop

EcoCheck newsletter

Menhaden newsletter

Science communication course

Joanna Woerner - new IAN science communicator

The art of science communication: creating effective posters and newsletters

Quantifying Fisheries Management Effort in Chesapeake Bay

Landfill plastic bags

Plastic Bag Dump

Boat: Ngalawa (traditional Swahili boat)

Outrigger canoe 4

Net fisher

Net fishers with six crew members

Net fishers

Dema fisher

Dema basket

Seaweed farmer 2

Seaweed farmer 1

Seaweed farm 1

Newport Bridge from Casey Farm, Narragansett, RI

Oyster spat on shell

Oyster shell bag

Oyster dead shell

Oyster buried shell

Oyster 3D reef

Oyster 2D reef

Dredge 3

Elements of successful integrated assessment

Chesapeake Bay Seminar Series now available in Flash and Podcast formats

Chesapeake Bay Marsh Restoration Workshop

Seagrasses of southwest Australia poster series

A new synthesis of Chesapeake Bay aquatic grasses

Second workshop at Louisiana State University to synthesize issues of regional landscape integrity in coastal Louisiana

Quantifying the status of fisheries management effort in Chesapeake Bay

Modeling and forecasting menhaden recruitment in Chesapeake Bay

Adenovirus

Tree line at Blackwater

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Burned areas of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Burned area of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 2

Beautiful day at Blackwater

Marsh area at Blackwater

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 2

Blackwater scene

Far tree line at Blackwater

Marsh Restoration Workshop Participants

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 3

Sunlight on the water

Birds on the water

Wind in the marsh

Narrow Road

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 4

Goose fencing

Disappearing Wetlands

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 5

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge 6

Communicating Science Effectively course

Integration and Application Network Summer Student

IAN awarded Packard Foundation grant to develop science communication tools

Global seagrass trajectories project launched

International Tidal Wetlands Conference

Remote sensing symposium

Interaction between Atlantic menhaden and striped bass in Chesapeake Bay

Ecosystem based fisheries management

An Eye Opening Approach to Integrated Environmental Assessments

Carriers

Embrey Dam prior to removal

Superfund site planting

Superfund site planting

Pax River receives Coastal America Award

Grass Planting at NAS Patuxent River

Grass planted at Webster Field

Restored wetlands at Salt Marsh Park.

Watchable wildlife

Salt Marsh Park

riparian buffer planting

Invasive plant discussion

Tombolos

vegetative buffers

Permeable Pavers

Oyster Restoration project

Riparian Forest Buffer sign

Clean the Bay Day

Raising the platform

Raystown Lake

tree planting

Bayscapes

tree planting

Partnerships

beach grass planting

Compressed natural gas sign

Natural gas vehicle

Mass transit

Driving Tour Display

Low Impact Development

Tree Box

Bioretention Cell

Planting Eelgrass

Riparian Forest Buffer complete

SAV Grow-out Tanks

Oyster Reef Construction

Embrey Dam

Blue Crab studies

Aerial spraying preparation

Coastal Louisiana Restoration

Workshop on Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research (3-6 October, 2006)

Science Communication Course (3-7 April, 2006)

New IAN Personnel

Heron Nesting Platform at Bloodsworth Island, MD

Arbor Day at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA

Midshipmen clean Bay

Clean Marina sign at Fort Monroe

Low Impact Development Demonstration Project

Grass planting

Embrey Dam Removal

Aerial Herbicide application

Construction of new oyster reef

CBF Surveys Oyster Reef

Chesapeake Bay water quality decision support systems

A New Framework for Planning the Future of Coastal Louisiana after the Hurricanes of 2005

Icy Trees

Procyon lotor (Raccoon) 1

Integration and Application Network goals for 2006

Ecological Forecasting Symposium

Florida Bay conference

An integrated assessment approach described in recent publication

New IAN Personnel

Bird nest with eggs

Bird box

Dead bird

Equus ferus caballus (Horse) : feces

Canis lupis familiaris (Dog) : feces

Orcinus orca (Orca)

Branching coral: juvenile

Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)

Oyster racks

Reducing flood damage in coastal Louisiana: Communities, culture & commerce

Diagram showing features of and threats to coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing impacts of storm surge on coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing issues around storm protection in coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing the effects of sacrificing renewable natural resources in coastal Louisiana.

Diagram showing issues around flood protection in coastal Louisiana.

Communications: satellite 2

Summer water quality and aquatic grass wrap-up

Workshop at Louisiana State University to synthesize issues of protection and restoration of coastal Louisiana.

Conceptual diagrams used in publication on nutrient dynamics of seagrass meadows.

New IAN Personnel

The old and the new, New Orleans

The French Quarter

Levee pump station, New Orleans

Oil gas extraction rig in coastal Louisiana

Eroding coastal wetland

Eroding coastal wetland

Navigation channel dissecting eroding wetland

Bayou town in coastal Louisiana

Port Fourchon

Barrier Island Erosion

Barrier island erosion

Barrier Island protection levees

Coastal Community in degrading wetland

Oil rig

Wax Lake Diversion

Atchafalaya River mouth

Degrading wetlands in coastal Louisiana

Intact wetlands of coastal Louisiana

Intact wetlands of coastal Louisiana

Intact wetlands of coastal Louisiana

Houses in Cocodrie

LUMCON

Coastal housing in Louisiana

Coastal housing in Louisiana

Cypress swamp

Flood protection barrier

Abandoned salt mine

Attempted protection of barrier island

Timbalier Island

Port Fourchon

Oil fields of Louisiana

Port Fourchon

Remnant eroded wetlands, Coastal Louisiana

Bayou Community amongst eroding wetlands

Flood protection barrier

Cypress swamp, coastal Louisiana

Flood protection barrier

Intact wetlands of coastal Louisiana

Intact wetlands of coastal Louisiana

Intercoastal waterway

Wax Lake Diversion

Mouth of the Atchafalaya River

Coastal Community in degrading wetland

Plugged channel

Dry mud in Cypress swamp

Dried mud

Cleanup from Hurricane Katrina

Shrimp boat coastal Louisiana

Shrimp boat coastal Louisiana

Shrimp boat coastal Louisiana

Coastal marshes in Louisiana

Coastal marshes in Louisiana

Houses in Cocodrie

Intact wetlands coastal Louisiana

Cypress swamp

Flood protection levee

Flood protection barrier coastal Louisiana

Bos taurus (Cow) 3

Bos taurus (Cow) : from above 3

Bos taurus (Cow) : from above 2

Bos taurus (Cow) : from above 1

Bos taurus (Cow) 7

Bos taurus (Cow) 6

Bos taurus (Cow) 5

Bos taurus (Cow) 4

Canopy crane

Flux tower

Floating solar-powered transmitter

Seagrasses of Southwest Australia

Seagrasses of Southwest Australia: Estuaries

Seagrasses of Southwest Australia: South Coast

Hurricane Isabel in Perspective Conference Proceedings

Seagrass and Mangrove community interaction research initiatives

IAN Symbol Libraries a big hit at the Horn Point Lab Open House

IAN Symbols used in winning poster at MEES Colloquium

Seagrasses of Southwest Australia: West Coast

MASC Newsletter 4 - Water Quality and Aquatic Grass Wrap Up

Fall snow on oak leaves

Appalachian Laboratory Greenhouse

Biological interactions and hydro-climatic forcing of Atlantic menhaden stock recruitment in Chesapeake Bay

Utilizing spatially intensive data in monitoring Maryland's Coastal Bays

Developing a classification system for Caribbean seagrass communities

Wickford Harbor, RI

Wickford Harbor, RI

Developing a monitoring plan for the Thachin River, Thailand

Science communication workshop in Bangkok, Thailand

Drôme River Valley wins International Thiess Riverprize

Summer 2005 ecological forecast has mixed accuracy

Hurricane Isabel in Perspective: Proceedings of a Conference

Mine Tailings

Mine Tailings

Stream Mitigation

Mine Tailings

Traveling the Tracks

Mine Tailings in Savage River

Still Waters

Field Station

Field Station

Field Station

Savage River

Mine Tailings in Savage River

Mine Tailings in Savage River

Color Contrast

Mine Tailings in Savage River

Leaves of Three, Let Them Be

Stone Bridge

Dry Stream Bed

Mine Tailings

Challenges to water quality monitoring in small urban parks

Uca spp. (Fiddler Crab) : anterior view

Karst 3D: cenotes, sinkholes, and coastal lagoon

Creating a framework for reporting ecological conditions

Wanted: Science Applications Coordinator

Research Opportunity in Environmental Science

New IAN Graduate Student

Aviation: light aircraft 2

Buoy 2

Computer 3

Javelin sensor

Image sensor

Piezometer

Communications: satellite 4

Scientist using laptop computer

Communications: satellite dish

Tower receiver

Rice 1

Communications: cell phone tower 2

Water: municipal well

River 3D: sediment layers

River 3D: watershed with mountains

Wood-split fencing 01

Charadrius montanus (Mountain Plover)

Notropis girardi (Arkansas River Shiner)

Agave spp. (Agave) with stalk

Agave spp. (Agave)

Calliandra spp. (Fairy Duster)

Centaurea solstitialis (Yellow Starthistle)

Step pyramid 2

Great Blue Heron at Horn Point Laboratory

Enteromorpha intestinalis (Gutweed)

Ulva spp. (Sea Lettuce)

Sandwich Tern with Young

Black Skimmers

Leopard Crab

Reddish Egret

National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment Website & Survey

Bay Grass Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

'Bar Cleaning' in Oyster Restoration

New IAN Personnel

Bay Grass Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

Creating a framework for reporting ecological conditions: National Capital Region Network of the National Park Service

Climate change: sea-level rise

Coastline 2D: sea level rise

Coastline 2D: receding shoreline

Coastline 2D: gradual 5 degree slope

Coastline 2D: steep 45 degree slope

River 3D: two river confluence

River 3D: sandy bottom

River 3D: meandering with sandy banks

Stream 3D: sandy banks in valley

River valley 3D: steep slope

River valley 3D: gentle slope

River 3D: with stream

River 3D: catchment

'Bar Cleaning' in Oyster Restoration

River valley 2D: steep and shallow slope

Land Ocean Interactions of the Coastal Zone workshop

UMCES Publications Database

IAN conceptual diagram symbol libraries hit 10,000 downloads

New IAN Personnel

The role of educators in solving coastal environmental problems: imparting knowledge, power and passion in students

Summer 2005 ecological forecast technical documentation

The application of an herbicide on a farm field.

Middle clouds: Nimbostratus 1

Middle clouds: Altostratus 1

Middle clouds: Altocumulus 1

Low clouds: Stratocumulus 1

High clouds: Cirrus

High clouds: Cirrostratus

High clouds: Cirrocumulus

Moon: waxing crescent

Moon: waning gibbous

Moon: new

Moon: last quarter

Moon: full

Moon: first quarter

Moon: waxing gibbous

Moon: waning crescent

Low clouds: Cumulus 1

Low clouds: Stratus 1

Low clouds: Cumulonimbus 1

Weather: snow

Odobenus rosmarus (Walrus)

Potential effects of nutrient reduction on the variability of plankton abundance and composition

Aquatic grass: 2004 update and 2005 forecast

Summer Ecological Forecast

Ecosystem Assessment and Ecological Forecasting Project

Northern Gannet

Nocomis micropogon (River Chub)

Posidonia oceanica seedling 2

Posidonia oceanica seedling 1

Summer ecological forecast

National Park Service Workshop

Four-day Science Communication Course

Two-day Science Communication Course

Monument 1

Equus quagga (Plains Zebra)

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe)

Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)

Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress) with knees

Inputs: nutrients (non-point source)

Mountains 3D: river, tinajas, and marsh

Snowy Plover on nest

Loxodonta spp. (African Elephant)

Molothrus spp. (Cowbird)

Molothrus spp. (Cowbird) : nest

Asphalt production plant's waterfront depot, empty gravel barge and crane.

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 84 tadpole with forelimbs

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 70 tadpole with hindlimbs

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 12 tadpole with operculum

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 09 tadpole with internal gills

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 06 tadpole with external gills

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 84+ young frog

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 84+ tadpole metamorphosis

Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)

Rana palustris (Pickerel Frog) : adult

Pseudotriton ruber (Northern Red Salamander)

Hyla cinerea (American Green Tree Frog) : adult

Dendrobates pumilio (Dart-poison Frog) : adult

Equus ferus caballus (Horse) 1

Panthera leo (Lion) : male

Hydra

Coral polyp

Poaceae (Grass)

Hydra: budding

Pteraster tessalatus (Cushion Star)

Helix aspersa (Garden Snail)

Wind surfing

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 01 egg

Anura (Frog) lifecycle: day 03-04 tailbud

Eurycea bislineata (Northern Two-lined Salamander)

Environmental conditions that lead to harmful algal blooms (HABs)

Environmental factors that control aquatic grass distribution

MASC Newsletter 3 - Ecological Forecast, Aquatic Grass in 2005

An approach to assessing comparative ecological condition of National Capital Region parks

MASC Newsletter 2 - Ecological Forecast, Summer 2005

Floating mats of green algae and horned pondweed

Floating mats of green algae and pondweed.

Floating mat of green algae

Mute swan

Mute swans

Osprey nest atop channel marker

Osprey nest atop channel marker.

Female mallard with ducklings

Sheepshead minnows

Sheepshead minnows

Phragmites marsh bordering small creek.

Phragmite marsh in front of forest buffer.

Phragmite marsh and bank erosion of streamside trees.

Muskrat

Muskrat swimming.

White-tailed doe and newborn fawn

White-tailed doe and newborn fawn.

Northern Water Snake

Northern Water Snake

Northern Water Snake

New home construction and rip-rap shoreline replaces natural wetlands and forest buffer.

Stormwater culverts delivering runoff from roadways.

Stormwater culverts delivering runoff from roadways.

Riverbank erosion, causing soil and vegetation to collapse into river.

Waterfront home construction.

Waterfront home construction.

Waterfront fuel depot storage tanks and crab boat.

Waterfront gas pump and public parking lot.

Waterfront fuel depot storage tanks, heavy equipment storage and concrete debris on shoreline.

Waterfront gas pump, fuel depot storage tanks and public parking lot.

Public boat launch and fuel dock.

Public boat launch and adjacent parking lot.

Unofficial boat ramp and degraded shoreline.

Crab boats at watermen's coop.

Upland trees, phragmites marsh and concrete shoreline protection.

Upland trees, phragmites marsh and shoreline protection.

Measuring cup: low

Measuring cup: half

Measuring cup: full

USA OR: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

USA ID: City of Rocks National Reserve

Euderma maculatum (Spotted Bat)

Pseudoroegneria spicata (Bluebunch Wheatgrass)

Zen and the art of science communication at Parks Canada

Redesign of Chesapeake Bay Program indicator structure and communication strategy: Goals, rationale and products

Serranus scriba (Painted Comber)

Serranus cabrilla (Comber)

Symphodus rostratus

Zeus faber (John Dory)

Oxynoe olivacea (Sacoglossan)

Pinna nobilis (Pen Shell)

Pachygraspus marmoratus (Marbled Rock Crab)

Homarus gammarus (European Lobster)

Cymodocea nodosa

Zostera caespitosa

Zostera asiatica

Zostera noltii

Crotalus spp. (Rattle Snake)

Coris julis (Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse)

Anas rubripes (American Black Duck)

Empidonax virescens (Acadian Flycatcher)

Dendroica discolor (Prairie Warbler)

Hylocichla mustelina (Wood Thrush)

Oporonis formosus (Kentucky Warbler)

Spizella pusilla (Field Sparrow)

Protonotaria citrea (Prothonotary Warbler)

Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) leaves

Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory) fruit

Carya ovata (Shagbark Hickory)

Pinus virginiana (Virginia Pine)

Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)

Anthonomus grandis (Boll Weevil)

Seastar 3

Trapa natans (Water Chestnut)

Public transport: gondola

Public transport: metro train

Public transport: school bus

Chisel

Little blue dune buggy

Surfing

Anemometer

Geological hammer

Weather vane

Apple

Cotton boll

Kiwi fruit 2

Kiwi fruit

Pear

Air quality: medium

Air quality: low

Air quality: high

Communications: radio tower

Coastline 3D: dunes and water table

Coastline 3D: barrier island bar

Coastline 3D: spit formation

Shark

Chaetomorpha spp. microscopic view

Chaetomorpha spp.

Caulerpa taxifolia

Caulerpa filiformis

Dictyota dichotoma

Cystoseira compressa

Cryptopleura ramosa

Colpomenia spp.

Codium fragile (Dead Man's Fingers)

Chondrus crispus (Irish Moss)

Laminaria spp.

Hypnea musciformis

Hormosira banksii (Neptune's Necklace)

Gracilaria spp. 1

Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame)

Splachnidium rugosum

Sargassum spp.

Sarcothalia stiriata

Eunectes murinus (Green Anaconda)

Pycnopodia helianthoides (Sunflower Seastar)

Crayfish

Totem pole (First Nations)

Architeuthis spp. (Giant Squid)

Equus ferus caballus (Horse) 2

Sea anemone 1

Soft coral

Bee

Centipede

Clam

Bryozoan colony

Segmented worm

Pseudoceros dimidiatus (Divided Flatworm)

Gordius spp. (Horsehair Worm)

Gordian worm

Flatworm

Ascaris spp. (Roundworm)

Redesigning CBP indicator structure and communication

Australia QLD: Waterloo Bay

Australia QLD: Pumicestone Passage

Australia QLD: Gold Coast

Australia QLD: Eastern Moreton Bay

Australia QLD: Deception Bay

Australia QLD: Bramble Bay

Australia QLD: Upper Brisbane River

Australia QLD: Stanley River

Australia QLD: North Pine Dam

Australia QLD: Noosa River

Australia QLD: Mooloolah River

Australia QLD: Logan River

Australia QLD: Wivenhoe Dam

Australia QLD: Mid Brisbane River

Australia QLD: Lockyer Creek

Australia QLD: Maroochy River

Australia QLD: Somerset Dam

Australia QLD: Southern Moreton Bay Islands

Cardinal marker: west

Cardinal marker: south

Cardinal marker: north

Cardinal marker: east

Can buoy: starboard

Can buoy: port

Canadian autoroute sign

Buoy: starboard, lighted

Buoy: port, lighted

Buoy: midchannel, safe

Divers flag, USA

Divers flag, alfa flag international

County highway sign 3

County highway sign 2

County highway sign

Channel buoy: starboard

Channel buoy: port

Channel buoy: midchannel, no light

Channel buoy: midchannel, light

Lifeguard flag: UK, danger no swimming

Lifeguard flag: Australia, safe to swim between flags

Lateral marker: USA, starboard

Lateral marker: USA, port

Lateral marker: international, starboard

Lateral marker: international port

Interstate highway sign 4

Interstate highway sign 3

Interstate highway sign 2

Interstate highway sign

State highway sign 2

State highway sign

Regulatory marker: speed limit

Regulatory marker: keep out

Regulatory marker: danger

Nun buoy: starboard

Nun buoy: port

Lifeguard flag: UK, swim in designated areas

Lifeguard flag: UK, surf craft only

Lifeguard flag: UK, no inflatables

U.S. highway sign 3

U.S. highway sign 2

U.S. highway sign

Trans-Canada highway sign

Storm warning: storm whole gale

Storm warning: small craft advisory

Storm warning: hurricane

Storm warning: gale

State highway sign 4

State highway sign 3

U.S. highway sign 5

U.S. highway sign 4

Scale bar: kilometers vs miles

Scale bar

North Arrow 2

North Arrow 1

URI GSO dock Feb 2005

River 3D: cross section 1

Step pyramid 1

Pyramid 2

Pyramid 1

Petroleum industry: oil rig

Hospitality: roller coaster

Hot air balloon 2

Hot air balloon 1

Bridge: suspension

Headlands 3D: sandy

Headlands 3D: rocky with seastack

Headlands 3D: rocky

Reef 3D: coral atoll

Ocean 3D: guyot formation

Reef 3D: volcanic island with fringing reef

Reef 3D: volcanic island with barrier reef 1

Desert 3D: foothills 2

Desert 3D: foothills 1

Plain 3D: mountains and lake

Mountain range 3D: fault block

Mountain range 3D: eroded and unwarped plateau

Mountain 3D: glaciers and foothills

Lake 3D: caldera lake with volcanic island

Lake 3D: caldera lake

Lake 2D: caldera with volcanic island

Foothills 3D: foothills and plain

Mountain range 3D: folded

Volcano 3D: composite

Volcano 3D: cinder cone

Volcano 3D: caldera

Volcano 3D: shield

Volcano 3D: fissure

Volcano 3D: dome

Watershed 3D: mountains and rivers to coast

Watershed 3D: good vs bad with mountains

River 3D: watershed with mountains and water table

River 3D: foothills to coast

Canyon 3D

Watershed 3D: mountains to bay

Watershed 3D: mountains, dam, rivers to coast

Watershed 3D: good vs bad with mountains mirrored

Meteorite 3D: crater lake

Meteorite 3D: crater

Coastline 3D: mountains, dam, island

Generic tree: winter

Generic tree: summer

Generic tree: spring

Generic tree: fall

Hedera helix (English Ivy) fruit

Hedera helix (English Ivy) flower

Hedera helix (English Ivy)

Hedera helix (English Ivy) leaf

Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy)

Rhus radicans (Poison Ivy) leaf

Energy: nuclear power station

Energy: nuclear reactor

Estuary 2D: continental island and offshore reef

Vehicle: subcompact car

Manufacturing factory building 4

Manufacturing factory building 3

Manufacturing factory building 2

Manufacturing factory building

Mining: open cut mine

El Nino Southern Oscillation management

Coastal zone management

Blue crab management

Backcountry management

Avalanche control

Archaeological site management

Anchor damage management

Immigration control

Forestry management

Fishing moratorium

Fisheries management

First nations management (Canada)

Fire management

No take zone

Marsh restoration

Kyoto protocol

Introduced species management

Indigenous management (USA)

Indigenous management (New Zealand)

Indigenous management (Kuna, Panama)

Watershed management

Water resource management

Water quality management

Seagrass restoration

Oyster restoration

Orange

Energy: high voltage power stanchions

Plain 3D: simple with soil layers

Hill 3D: with geologic layers

Energy: wind turbine 2

Infinity symbol

USA MD: Choptank River watershed locator map

USA MD: Assawoman Bay watershed locator map

USA MD: Assawoman Bay watershed

Mountain 3D: glaciated

Grasshopper

Ophiopholis aculeata (Daisy Brittle Star)

USA DE MD VA: Coastal Bays watershed locator map

USA DE MD VA: Coastal Bays

USA MD: Patuxent River watershed locator map

USA MD: Patapsco and Back Rivers watershed locator map

USA MD: Newport Bay watershed locator map

USA MD: Newport Bay watershed

USA MD: Lower Western Shore watershed locator map

USA MD: Lower Eastern Shore watershed locator map

USA MD: Isle of Wight watershed locator map

USA MD: Isle of Wight watershed

USA MD: Upper Western Shore watershed locator map

USA MD: Upper Eastern Shore watershed locator map

USA MD: St. Martin River watershed locator map

USA MD: St. Martin River watershed

USA MD: Sinepuxent Bay watershed locator map

USA MD: Sinepuxent Bay watershed

USA MD: Potomac River watershed locator map

USA MD VA: Chincoteague Bay watershed locator map

USA MD VA: Chincoteague Bay watershed

USA MD VA: Chesapeake Bay watershed locator map

USA VA: York River watershed locator map

USA VA: Rappahannock River watershed locator map

USA VA: James River watershed locator map

USA VA: Elizabeth River watershed locator map

USA DE MD VA: Coastal Bays watershed

USA DE MD VA: Delmarva

USA DE MD VA: Delmarva line map

Gorilla gorilla (Gorilla)

Depth mean flow

Mixing

Mean flow speed

Turbulent eddy

Tubastrea spp. 2 (Sun Coral)

Tubastrea spp. 1 (Sun Coral)

Eolophus roseicapilla (Galah)

Camelus dromedarius (Arabian Camel)

Enhydra lutris (Sea Otter) 1

Ursus arctos horribilis (Grizzly Bear)

Sylvilagus spp. (Cottontail Rabbit)

Danaus plexippus (Monarch Butterfly)

Chromodoris coi (Nudibranch)

Nudibranch

Chesapeake Bay report card progress: redesigning the Chesapeake Bay Program indicator and communication framework

Luxilus coccogenis (Warpaint Shiner)

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Models

Zen and the art of science communication at National Parks

Dasyatis americana (Southern Stingray) 1

Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin)

Coccinella transversalis (Ladybird Beetle)

Latrodectus hasselti (Redback Spider)

Praying mantis

Papilio ulysses (Ulysses Butterfly)

Ornithoptera priamus (King Priamo's Birdwing)

Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ant)

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout)

Salmo trutta (Brown Trout)

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) : tail

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback Whale) : breach

The Australian Experience

Coastline 2D: sheltered vs. exposed with siliceous sediments

Coastline 2D: sheltered vs. exposed with calcareous sediments

Estuary 2D: rarely vs. permanently open

Reef 2D: protected

Coastline 2D: estuary to deep reef

Habitat 2D: protected sand

Reef 2D: exposed

Reef 2D: deep habitat

Geochelone nigra (Galapagos Giant Tortoise) 1

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : first crab

Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu)

Canis latrans (Coyote)

Toxicants: high

MASC Newsletter 1 - Water Quality 2004

Healthy Waterways, Healthy Catchments

Mount View Ice-in

Casuarius spp. (Cassowary)

Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal)

Dacelo novaeguineae (Laughing Kookaburra)

Geococcyx californianus (Greater Roadrunner)

Platalea spp. (Spoonbill)

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Panda)

Canis lupis familiaris (Dog)

Plecotus townsendii (Townsend's Big-eared Bat)

Moerisia spp. (Jellyfish)

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : male dorsal view

Crustacean: nauplius

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality 2004 - Significant Events

Lilium longiflorum (Easter Lily)

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Restoration of aquatic grass communities of Chesapeake Bay: How should we proceed?

A water quality assessment of the Maryland Coastal Bays including nitrogen source identification using stable isotopes

Desert 3D: interior valley

Mountain range 3D

Mountain range 3D: foothills and stream

Mountain range 3D: foothills and glaciers

Iguana spp.

Geochelone nigra (Galapagos Giant Tortoise) 2

Cynoscion regalis (Weakfish)

Leiostomus xanthurus (Spot Croaker)

Developing a global seagrass synthesis: Integrating ecophysiology, genetics, monitoring and management initiatives to understand and preserve seagrasses

Coastline 3D: sandy coastline

Estuary 3D: stratified water column

Lagoon 3D: barrier sand islands

USA MD VA: Chincoteague Bay 3D watershed

USA MD: St. Martin River 3D watershed

USA MD: Sinepuxent Bay 3D watershed

USA MD: Newport Bay 3D watershed

USA MD: Isle of Wight 3D watershed

USA MD: Assawoman Bay 3D watershed

Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina)

Squirrel feeding on a seed

Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)

Scomberomorus munroi (Australian Spotted Mackerel)

Ochotona princeps (American Pika)

Cleome multicaulis (Slender Spiderflower)

USA

Boat: powerboat

Sailboat 1

Powerboat

ScanFish

Dipodomys ordii (Kangaroo Rat)

Marmota flaviventris (Marmot)

Manta birostris (Manta Ray)

Actias luna (Luna Moth)

Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly)

Mosquito 2

Mosquito 1

Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)

Aerial of tidewater glacier

Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Tourist Bus in Denali National Park

Denali (Mt McKinley)

Braided Stream in Denali National Park

Treeline - Tundra - Alpine

Syntroleum Powered Tour Bus

Dall Sheep on hillside

Diagram of the various peaks in Denali National Park

Braided streams with Denali in the background

Grizzly Bear

Sub-Apline Vegetation

Coastline 2D: intertidal zone

Estuary 2D: dunes and salt wedge

Estuary 2D: coastal embayment

Estuary 2D: closed with offshore sandbars

Estuary 2D: closed with deep channel

Estuary 2D: closed and shallow

Estuary 2D: channels and offshore sand drift

Estuary 2D: barrier island

Estuary 2D: seasonally closed

Estuary 2D: sand bar

Estuary 2D: salt wedge

Estuary 2D: open with sand bar

Estuary 2D: open with mud deposits

Estuary 2D: open

Estuary 2D: inverse salt wedge

Habitat 2D: intertidal mudflat

Habitat 2D: intertidal mud

Estuary 2D: tropical with offshore reef

Estuary 2D: subtropical

Lagoon 2D: open

Lagoon 2D: closed and stratified

Habitat 2D: subtidal mud

Coastline 2D: coastal floodplain

Estuary 2D: rocky catchment

New directions in environmental science: Moving into Pasteur's Quadrant

Conceptual diagrams: tools for science communication

Salvelinus confluentus (Bull Trout)

Daihinibaenetes giganteus (Giant Sand Treader Camel Cricket)

Cincindela theatina (Tiger Beetle)

Fossil: moth

Fossil: bee

Mountain range 3D: plain, rivers, and lakes

Mountain range 3D: plain and water table (Great Sand Dunes)

Mountain range 3D: plain (Great Sand Dunes)

Mountain range 3D: foothills 1

Hospitality: ferris wheel

Boston Whaler motorboat

Sediment grab

Crab boat

Charadrius melodus (Piping Plover) 2

Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine)

Anguilla rostrata (American Eel)

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass) : feeding larvae

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass) : egg

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass)

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass) : yolk sac larvae

Morone saxatilis (Striped Bass) : juvenile

Squid

Limulus polyphemus (Horseshoe Crab)

Crab zoea

Medical caduceus

Petri dish with lid

Petri dish

Pond 3D: muddy shore

State of the Maryland Coastal Bays 2004

Camping in Bugaboo Provincial Park

Climbers in Bugaboo Provincial Park

An osprey returns to its nest

Centaurea spp. (Knapweed)

Mason jar

Autotrophic system experiment

Beaver slide hay bailer

Elaegnus angustifolia (Russian Olive) leaves

Elaegnus angustifolia (Russian Olive)

Euphorbia esula (Leafy Spurge)

Caddisfly : larva

Stonefly : larva

Male symbol

Female symbol

Seasonal fishing closure sign

Lates calcarifer (Barramundi) : larva

Lates calcarifer (Barramundi) : postlarval juvenile

Where river meets sea: exploring Australia's estuaries

Placing macroalgae into incubation chamber

Measuring Secchi Depth

Parker at Sunrise

Cracked marsh sediment

Zebra Mussels

Eroding coastline

Jellyfish

Jet Skiers

Coastal Bays Ponies

Oxygen bubbles from algae/bacteria on sediment surface

Macroalgal Incubation Setup

Crab pot buoy

Boat wakes erode coastal marshes

Eroding Marsh

Eroding Shoreline

Benthic Microalgae

Exposed marsh roots

SAV Bed Marker Buoy

Floating algal matts

Eroding Marsh

Sunrise over Maryland Coastal Bays

Amusement Park

Ocean-side residential development

Slow Sign

Gracilaria bloom

Horseshoe Crab

Footsteps in the sediment

Diagram showing ecosystem monitoring activities in the Coastal Bays

Diagram of Chincoteague Bay.

Diagram of St. Martin River.

Diagram of Sinepuxent Bay.

Diagram of Newport Bay.

Diagram of Isle of Wight Bay.

Diagram of Assawoman Bay.

Diagram showing differences between seagrass and macroalgae in the Coastal Bays.

Helicopter water bombing fire

Greenwich Marina, western Greenwich Bay, Narransett Bay RI

Moonjellies-Greenwich Bay RI

Evolution of seagrasses

Thalassodendron ciliatum

Zostera capensis (Marine Eelgrass)

Halophila spinulosa (Fern Seagrass)

Halophila ovalis (Paddle Weed)

Tropical seagrass ecosystem

Current meter with flag

Current meter

Pipetter and tray of pipettes

Pipetting algal culture into test tubes

Test tubes

Erlenmeyer Flasks

Plastic centrifuge tubes

Algal cultures

Tray of pipettes

Jetty Construction

Aviation: airport terminal

Aviation: airport

NFCC Consensus Statement on Integrating Marine Reserve Science and Fisheries Management

Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle)

Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove) seedling

Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro Cactus)

Yucca brevifolia (Joshua Tree)

Campfire

Tent

Hills

Fire

Proposal Writing: A Key to Success

Water Quality and Food-Web Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay

USA LA: Manchac Swamp Bridge

Hypsoblennius hentzi (Feather Blenny)

Rhinoptera bonasus (Cownose Ray)

Urosalpinx cinerea (Oyster Drill)

Stylochus ellipticus (Flat Worm)

Fundulus heteroclitus (Mummichog) : female

Fundulus heteroclitus (Mummichog) : male

Tree planting

Chasmodes bosquianus (Striped Blenny)

Gobiosoma bosc (Naked Goby)

Gobiesox strumosus (Skilletfish)

Opsanus tau (Oyster Toadfish)

Beach grass planting

Beach grass planting

Sea squirt

Barnacle: open

Barnacle: closed

Mercenaria mercenaria (Hard Clam)

Chaetomorpha linum

Chaetoceros affinis (Diatom)

Asterionellopsis glacialis (Diatom)

Amphidinium crassum (Dinoflagellate)

Dinoflagellate cyst 1

Dinoflagellate 3

Dinoflagellate 2

Dinoflagellate 1

Cyclotella: single

Cyclotella

Coccolithophore

Chlamydomonas

Chattonella spp.

Pennate diatom 1

Karlodinium micrum

Fibrocapsa japonica

flagellated Dinoflagellate

Dinoflagellates

Dinoflagellate cyst 3

Dinoflagellate cyst 2

Thalassiothrix nitzschioides (Diatom)

Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii (Diatom)

Prorocentrum micans (Dinoflagellate)

Pfiesteria shumwayae (Dinoflagellate)

Pennate Diatom 2

Mixed Phytoplankton Community Coloured

Prorocentrum minimum (Dinoflagellate)

Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinoflagellate)

Dinophysis acuminata (Dinoflagellate)

Amphidinium operculatum (Dinoflagellate)

Argopecten irradians (Scallop)

Crassostrea ariakensis: Panacea or Pandora?

Nutrient Management of Delmarva Soils & Waters

Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth)

Mountains 3D: laminated lake

Mountains 3D: glacier with braided stream and varve lake

Akashiwo sanguinea (Dinoflagellate)

Acer rubrum (Red Maple) leaf

Acer rubrum (Red Maple) 2

Acer rubrum (Red Maple) 1

Dead tree 1

Fagus grandifolia (American Beech) leaves

Fagus grandifolia (American Beech)

Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) leaves

Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)

Quercus montana (Chestnut Oak) leaves

Quercus alba (White Oak) leaves

Quercus alba (White Oak)

Quercus montana (Chestnut Oak)

Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock) branch

Tsuga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock)

Paralichthys dentatus (Summer Flounder)

Banana bunch

Banana 2

Banana

Papaya tree

Papaya

Solving coastal environmental problems around the world and in the Chesapeake

Solving Environmental Problems: The Role of Science in Developing Spatially Explicit Ecosystem Health Assessments

Developing a Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Chromis chromis (Mediterranean Chromis)

Diplodus vulgaris (Common Two-banded Seabream)

Hippocampus spp. (Seahorse)

Sarpa salpa (Cow Bream)

Water: water pipe 2

Water: water pipe 1

Filtration: manifold

Radioactive thymidine

Sediment incubator

Sediment and water core

DNA strand 1

DNA; amplification of sequence

Brain coral (Faviidae) 1

Lobophyllia spp. (Brain Coral)

Sarcophyton spp.

Montastrea spp. (Brain Coral)

Coastline 2D: sand dune system with lagoon

Coastline 2D: sand dune system

Reef 2D: patch reef with coral cay and lagoon

Lake 2D: varves

Lake 2D: turbidite and laminations

Lake 2D: stratified

Lake 2D: perched lake and water table window

Lake 2D: perched lake and dune contact lake

Lake 2D: laminated sediment

Lake 2D: glacial with deltaic deposits and terminal morraine

Lake 2D: desert lunette

Caulerpa racemosa 2

Caulerpa racemosa 1

Asparagopsis spp.

Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass) singular

Spartina spp. (Salt Marsh Grass)

Hydrilla verticillata (Waterthyme) 1

Ceratium furca (Dinoflagellate)

Seabird guano

Tide: astronomical

Atmospheric wind/rain

DC Capitol building

DC Washington Monument

Aviation: airliner and runway

Industry 2

Book

Mesocosm 3 cutaway

Grape vine

Orchard

Wheat

Jetty

USA MD VA: Chesapeake Bay 3D map with mountains and shelf

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus)

Paragliding

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 1

Cygnus buccinator (Trumpeter Swan)

Duck

Haematopus longirostris (Pied Oystercatcher)

Grus americana (Whooping Crane) 1

Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Bald Eagle)

Equus ferus caballus (Pony) 2

Equus ferus caballus (Pony) 1

Pteropus spp. (Fruit Bat)

Arecaceae (Palm Tree) 1

Morone americana (White Perch)

Pomatoschistus minutus (Sand Goby)

Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Mite)

Oyster rack

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : coupling

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : adult 1

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : zoea 2

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : zoea 1

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : megalopa 2

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : megalopa 1

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : juvenile

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : egg-bearing female

Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis)

River 3D: floodplain

Composting Worm Farm

Cows grazing

Corn Seed Head

Sugarcane Harvester

Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer)

Maize/corn cob 1

Soybean oil

Wheat sheath

Urban: condo

South Queensland Kauri (Agathis robusta)

Strangler Fig (Ficus spp)

Old Man Banksia (Banksia serrata)

Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea johnsonii)

Rainfall influence upon nutrient inputs to Caribbean coastal systems

Assessment of sewage and septic derived nitrogen in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers

Red billed tropic bird (Phaethon aethereus)

Silver Gull (Larus novaehollandiae)

Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Sugar Refinery

Prawn (Shrimp) aquaculture ponds surrounded by Sugar cane fields

Vehicle: campervan

Agricultural Farmland

Lady Elliot Island

Lady Elliot Island

Prawn (Shrimp) Farm

Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor Penguin)

Construction: house-frame

Noddy Tern Feeding

Octopus Bush (Argusia) Flower

Concentration: high ozone

Concentration: high oxygen

Concentration: high dissolved oxygen

Concentration: intermittent dissolved oxygen

Concentration: intermittent ozone

Concentration: intermittent oxygen

Concentration: low ozone

Concentration: low oxygen

Concentration: low dissolved oxygen

Concentration; low dissolved organic carbon

Concentration; intermittent particulate organic carbon

Concentration; intermittent dissolved organic carbon

Concentration; high particulate organic carbon

Concentration; low particulate organic carbon

Transport: dissolved organic carbon

Transport: particulate organic matter

Inputs: particulate organic carbon

Treated Effluent

Inputs: dissolved organic carbon

Coccoid bacterium

Bacterium with prophage

Bacterium

Archaea

Virus inserting DNA

Virus

sigmoid bacterium

Infected bacterium

Najas guadalupensis (Common Water Nymph)

Concentration: high salinity

Concentration: intermittent salinity

Concentration: low salinity

Licor profiler unispec spectrometer

Ramses spectrometer 2

Ramses spectrometer

Coastline 2D: saltwedge

Ruppia maritima vegetative shoots

Ruppia maritima reproductive shoots

Ruppia maritima fruits

Animal nutrition

Alfalfa with roots

Alfalfa

Manure export

Soybeans

Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) : adult 2

Aviation: helicopter

Phragmites: Native or Introduced

Developing a Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Newport Bridge and Harbor from Jamestown, RI

USA FL: Southern Florida

USA MD: Choptank River 2

USA MD VA: Chesapeake Bay line map

Weighing scales 2

Weighing scales 1

Australia: line map

Australia

Pt Judith Harbor of Refuge, Jerusalem, RI

Hurricane Isabel and Sea Level Rise

Zen and the art of science communication

Temperate Coastal Ecosystem Summary

Tropical Coastal Ecosystem Summary

Polar Coastal Ecosystem Summary

Polar Inshore Habitat Summary

Tropical Estuarine Ecosystem Habitat Summary

Tropical Soft Sediment Habitat Summary

Tropical Seagrass Ecosystems Habitat Summary

Tropical Coral Reef Ecosystem Habitat Summary

Temperate Seagrass Ecosystems Habitat Summary

Temperate Upwelling Ecosystem Habitat Summary

Temperate Rocky Reef Ecosystem Habitat Summary

Temperate Salt Marsh Habitat Summary

Polar Offshore Habitat Summary

Tropical Mangrove Ecosystem Habitat Summary

Cheakamus River

Log booms

Pulp Mill

Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard Duck)

Ceratophyllum demersum (Coontail)

Callitriche spp. (Water Starwort)

Hydrilla verticillata (Waterthyme) 2

Zannichellia palustris (Horned Pondweed)

Vallisneria americana (Wild Celery)

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 3

Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 2

Myocastor coypus (Nutria)

Beavertail , West Passage side, Jamestown, RI

Beavertail Lighthouse,RI with storm waves

Newport Bridge dawn, Jamestown, RI

Chesapeake Bay report card: Providing effective feedback for resource management

Canada Geese in flight

Narragansett Bay RI

Narragansett Bay RI

Narragansett Bay- fish kill 2

Duck and Ducklings

Water: sewage treatment plant 1

Marsh mesocosms

Separation of seagrass shoot

Sorting SAV biomass

Measuring seagrass biomass

Measuring seagrass shoot length

Beggiatoa on Ulva in shallow cove Providence River, RI

Conceptual Diagrams: Tools for Science Communication

MEERC Mesocosms

Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant

Cambridge Wastewater Treatment Plant

Ruppia maritima

Green Macroalgae and SAV

Leafy Marsh Plant

Speed Boat Race

Kayaking in the Patuxent River

Washington DC Skyline

Chesapeake Beach

CBOS Buoy

Fish Dead from toxic algal bloom

Park: outhouse

Seagrass habitats of Bocas del Toro province: a balance between river, mangrove and coral influences

Skipjack

Fish Kill in Choptank River

Deploying macroalgal chamber for sewage plume mapping

Scrubbing MEERC Mesocosm

MEERC mesocosm with paddle mixer

Stuckenia pectinata

Seagrass Core Collection

Screening SAV transplant plots against Mute Swans

USA: line map

Water: dam 2

Potamogeton perfoliatus

Culturing Potamogeton perfoliatus for transplanting into Chesapeake Bay

Urban: city building 05

Urban: city building 04

Urban: city building 03

Urban: city building 02

Urban: city 2

Brevoortia tyrannus (Atlantic Menhaden) : juvenile

Brevoortia tyrannus (Atlantic Menhaden)

Water: drainage 2

Water: drainage 1

Computer 2

Urban: townhouse (Asian)

Suburban: Cape Cod home with porch

The art of science communication: using PowerPoint effectively

Brandaris sail out of Wickford, RI

Mute Swans

Chalk Point Power Plant

Ruppia maritima

North American osprey on navigational marker

Floating Red (Port) Lateral Marker

Crabbing using a Trotline in Chesapeake Bay

Anchoa mitchilli (Bay Anchovy) : juvenile

Anchoa mitchilli (Bay Anchovy)

Phragmites australis (Common Reed) singular

Phragmites australis (Common Reed)

Spring Marsh

Winter Phragmites

Young Corn Crop

Baltimore Harbor

Paddle boats in front of the Baltimore Aquarium

Paddle Boats in Baltimore Harbor

Fire/Rescue Boat

Menidia menidia (Atlantic Silverside)

Wake Sensitive Area Sign

Outfall for sewage plant in upper Patuxent River

Grain Silos near Cambridge MD

Danger Submerged Pipe

Enteromorpha on Rocks

Blue Heron

Flooded Corn Crop

Shoreline Erosion

Nutrient limitation in coastal waters: The Moreton Bay, Australia case study

Anas penelope (Eurasian Wigeon)

Status of Bay forage fish populations and investigations of factors impacting prominent forage fish species

Alternate Futures for the Chesapeake Bay

Assessing Nutrient Sources in Tidal Waters

Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow

Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stilt Grass) 1

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science: History, Mission & Accomplishments

Assessing Nutrient Sources

Winter Marsh

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay

Solomons Island

Brachionichthys hirsutus (Spotted Handfish)

Lates calcarifer (Barramundi)

Platycephalus spp. (Flathead)

Phycodurus spp. (Leafy Sea Dragon)

Chiton

Mussels 1

Plebidonax deltoides (Surf Clam)

Scallop

Amphipod

Crustacean: juvenile

Copepod 1

Uca spp. (Fiddler Crab) 2

Rock Lobster

Prawn shrimp

Mictyris spp. (Soldier Crab) 1

Stomatopod

Polychaete 2

Polychaete 1

Pathogens

Freight: cargo ship 3

Freight: cargo ship 4

Defense force lands

International obligations and treaties

Indigenous management (Australia)

State level planning initiatives

Regional level initiatives

Port authorities

Poorly understood systems

Mictyris spp. (Soldier Crab) 2

Sea Snail

Uca spp. (Fiddler Crab)

Saccharina latissima (Sugar Kelp)

Ceriops australis leaf

Ceriops australis

Mangrove species specific effects

Mangrove restricted tidal exchange effects

Mangrove reclamation effects

Lumnitzera racemosa flower

Excoecaria agallocha leaf

Mangrove zonal shift effects

Lumnitzera racemosa fruit 2

Miscanthus sinensis (Chinese Silvergrass)

Kosteletzkya virginica (Seashore Mallow) 2

Kosteletzkya virginica (Seashore Mallow) 1

Eleocharis spp. (Spike Rush)

Spartina alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass)

Scirpus americanus (Bulrush)

Wetland

Typha spp. (Cattail)

Suaeda australis (Austral Seablite)

Sporobolus spp. (Dropseed)

Spartina patens (Saltmeadow Cordgrass)

Amphibolis with epiphytes

Amphibolis griffithii

Amphibolis antarctica

Elodea canadensis (Canadian Waterweed)

Halophila engelmannii (Star Grass)

Heterozostera tasmanica

Heteranthera dubia (Water Stargrass)

Posidonia australis

Phyllospadix spp. (Surfgrass)

No propagule colonisation

Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian Watermilfoil)

Seagrass: propagule colonisation

Posidonia sinuosa

Posidonia coriacea

Ruppia megacarpa with flowers

Ranunculus aquatilis (Common Water-crowfoot)

Stuckenia pectinata (Sago Pondweed)

Seagrass loss and recovery

Seagrass loss

Seagrass leaf with encrusting epiphytes

Seagrass leaf with Cladophora

Seagrass leaf recycling

Trichoglossus haematodus (Rainbow Lorikeet)

Scuticociliate (Ciliate)

Saimiri spp. (Squirrel Monkey)

Panthera pardus (Panther)

Thalassia hemprichii 1

Syringodium isoetifolium 1

Malaclemys centrata (Diamondback Terrapin)

Cyanobacterial mat

Anabaena

Bioturbation

Biodiversity: invertebrates

Concentration: high nitrogen and phosphorus

Concentration: high nitrogen

Concentration: high nitrite

Concentration: high nitrate

Concentration: high carbon dioxide

Concentration: high ammonium

Concentration: high (x=element)

Concentration: intermittent nitrite

Concentration: intermittent nitrate

Concentration: intermittent carbon dioxide

Concentration: intermittent ammonium

Concentration: intermittent (x=element)

Concentration: high silicate

Concentration: high phosphorus

Concentration: high phosphate

Concentration: low ammonium

Concentration: low (x=element)

Concentration: intermittent silicate

Concentration: intermittent phosphorus

Concentration: intermittent phosphate

Concentration: intermittent nitrogen and phosphorus

Concentration: intermittent nitrogen

Concentration: low phosphorus

Concentration: low phosphate

Concentration: low nitrogen and phosphorus

Concentration: low nitrogen

Concentration: low nitrite

Concentration: low nitrate

Concentration: low carbon dioxide

Delta: intermittent del 15N

Delta: intermittent del 13C

Delta: intermittent (x=element)

Delta: high del 15N

Delta: high del 13C

Delta: high (x=element)

Concentration: zero carbon dioxide

Concentration: zero (x=element)

Concentration: low silicate

Limitation: primary (x=element)

Limitation: phosphorus

Limitation: nitrogen

Limitation: exclusive (x=element)

Limitation: carbon dioxide

Limitation: carbon

Limitation (x=element)

Delta: low del 15N

Delta: low del 13C

Delta: low (x=element)

Salinity extremes

pH: neutral

pH: alkaline

pH: acidic

Limitation: secondary (x=element)

Concentration; low chlorophyll

Concentration; intermittent phytoplankton

Concentration; intermittent chlorophyll

Concentration; high phytoplankton

Concentration; high dissolved organic carbon

Positive check mark

Negative cross

Grazing; Reef fish

Introduced species 2

Introduced species

High uncertainty

Food webs; detrital 1

High certainty

Dynamic

Certainty

Concentration; low phytoplankton

Uncertainty 2

Uncertainty

Potentially positive

Potentially negative

Food webs; grazing 2

Food webs; detrital 2

Response, Bioassay; low; (x = element)

Response, Bioassay; low; P

Response, Bioassay; low; N+P

Response, Bioassay; low; N

Response, Bioassay; low; light

Response, Bioassay; high; (x = symbol)

Deposition: mercury 2

Deposition: mercury

Response, Bioassay; high; P

Concentration: low turbidity

Concentration: intermittent turbidity

Concentration: high turbidity

Response, Bioassay; high; N+P

Response, Bioassay; high; N

Burial

Bottom roughness

Bank erosion

Altered hydrology

Accumulation

Desorption

Deposition: sulfate 2

Deposition: sulfate

Deposition: sediment 2

Deposition: sediment

Deposition/scouring

Deposition: nitrate 2

Deposition: nitrate

Concentration; high chlorophyll

Exchange: nutrients

Exchange: iron stained water

Exchange: humic stained water

Exchange: gas

Exchange: freshwater

Directional arrow 3

Directional arrow 2

Directional arrow

Diffusive sublayer thickness

Diffusion

Flux: nutrients

Flux: iron stained water

Flux: humic stained water

Flux: gas

Flux: freshwater

Flushing

Exchange: sediments and nutrients

Exchange: sediments

Exchange: saltwater limited

Exchange: saltwater

Light: water absorption shallow

Light: water absorption deep

Light: organic absorption

Light: no light

Light: full sunlight

Kolmogorov microscales

Integral length scale

Flux: sediments and nutrients

Flux: sediments

Flux: saltwater

RMS (root mean square) turbulence intensity

Residence time: long

Reaction time

Precipitation

Limitation: light

Limitation: hydrodynamic

Limitation: diffusion

Temperature: high

Sorption

Shear velocity

Sediment suspension

Sediment resuspension 2

Sediment resuspension

Sediment movement

Salinity gradient

Reynolds number

Residence time: short

Transport: gas

Transport: freshwater

Tide: meteorological

Tide

Temperature: very high

Temperature variation

Temperature: moderate

Temperature: low

Process; iron in

Process; denitrification 2

Process; denitrification 1

Process; calcium out

Process; calcium in

Process; calcium dissolution

Process; calcification

Process; ammonification

Photosynthesis/Respiration

Photosynthesis

Process; primary production

Process; phosphorus out

Process; phosphorus in

Process; phosphate remineralization

Process; oxygen out

Process; oxygen in

Process; nitrogen fixation 2

Process; nitrogen fixation 1

Process; nitrification

Process; iron out

Upwelling

Turbulent energy dissipation rate

Transport: sediment and nutrients

Transport: sediments

Transport: saltwater

Transport: nutrients

Transport: iron stained water

Transport: humic stained water

Respiration

Process; (x = element) out

Process; (x = element) in

Process; respiration low

Process; respiration high

Process; respiration

Process; primary production low

Process; primary production high

Process; organic carbon release

Response, Bioassay; high; light

Inputs: freshwater

Inputs: atmospheric particulates

Inputs: atmospheric nitrogen

Inputs: atmospheric mercury

Inputs: atmospheric lead

Inputs: atmospheric carbon dioxide

Atmospheric nitrogen

Antibiotics

Inputs: toxicants

Inputs: sediments and nutrients

Inputs: sediments 1

Inputs: saltwater

Inputs: nutrients 1

Inputs: iron stained water

Inputs: humic stained water

Inputs: gas

Toxicants; organo-chlorine

Toxicants; lead

Uptake; nitrogen

Inputs: atmospheric sulphur

Inputs: atmospheric phosphorus

Uptake; phosphate

Radioactive materials

Uptake; iron

Monument 2

Gleaning basket

Industry

Bricks

Anchor

Alarm clock

Flag

Coffee cup

Magnifying glass

Tape measure

Spade

Fishing hook

Canoeing

Mountain biking

Kayaking

Sailboat 3

Sailboat 2

Rock climbing

Trail biking

Swimmer

Skiing

Autosampler

Artifical light

Aquarium tank with mesh and airstone

Aquarium tank from top 2

Aquarium tank from top

Aquarium airstone

Aquarium tank

Chemostat

Chesapeake Bay Observing System (CBOS) buoy

Buoy

Bioassay bag

Beaker

Container

Computer

Compound microscope

Erlenmeyer flask

Electron microscope

DNA sequencing gel

Light: fluorescent bulb

Jar

Light: metal halide bulb

Light: mercury vapor bulb

Light: mercury spectra

Light: mercury bulb

Light: incandescent spectra

Light: incandescent bulb

Light: fluorescent spectra

Light: fluorescent bulb 3

Light: fluorescent bulb 2

Mass spectrometer 2

Macroalgal incubation setup

Light: metal halide spectra

Microcapillary tube

Mesocosm 4 cutaway

Mesocosm 2 cutaway

Mesocosm 1 cutaway

Mesocosm 4

Mesocosm 3

Mesocosm 2

Mesocosm 1

Net

Mortar and pestle 2

Mortar and pestle

Communications: satellite 3

Scientist studying fish

Test tubes 2

Test tubes

Tap

Syringe cutoff

Syringe

Energy: solar panels 2

Logging 3

Logging 2

Dynamite fishing

Crab pot

Trawler boat

Skipjack

Barn 2

Barn

Groundwater extraction and compression

Greenhouse

Grain silos 1

Machine mower

Helicopter sprayer

Hay bales

Seedling

Pineapple plantation

Sweet potato plantation

Tractor 4

Tractor 1

Oil spill

Acid rain

Receding shoreline

Communications: cell phone tower 1

Internet

Marina 2

Lighthouse 1

Coastline 2D: closed estuary and nearshore reefs

Coastline 2D: clastic and carbonate sediment

Coastline 2D: sea ice shelf

Coastline 2D: open estuary and nearshore reef

Coastline 2D: dunes to open ocean

Coastline 3D: oblique beach to ocean

Coastline 3D: beach to ocean

Coastline 3D: beach

Coastline 2D: stepped shoreline with variable water quality

Coastline 2D: steep shoreline

Urban sprawl

Coastline 3D: river to ocean

Estuary 2D: open with channels and sand dunes

Habitat 2D: good vs. bad

Habitat 2D: exposed sand with calcareous base

Estuary 3D: river and barrier islands

Estuary 3D: modified coastline with barrier islands

Estuary 2D: tidally restricted

Ocean 2D: volcanic island with coral reef

Habitat 2D: underwater shoreline

Reef 2D: rocky lagoon

Reef 2D: rocky

Reef 2D: nearshore

Reef 2D: intertidal

Coastline 3D: watershed and modified coastline

Coastline 3D: rivers and barrier islands

Coastline 3D: river mouths

Coastline 3D: river comparison

River 3D: cross section 3

USA MD VA: Chesapeake Bay 3D map

Watershed 3D: mountains, rivers, dam, and reef

Watershed 3D: mountains, rivers, and dam

Watershed 3D: mountains, river, and islands

Lake 3D: oxbow lake formation

Lake 3D: oxbow lake

River 3D: cross section 2

River 3D: cross section 4

River 3D: comparison natural vs. developed

River 2D: shallow

River 2D: deep channel

River 2D: deep

Ponds 3D: isolated

Pond 3D: freshwater

Lake 3D: shallow with small river

River 3D: cutaway

Stream 3D: springs and perched water table

Stream 3D: aquiclude and spring

Water table 3D

Desert 3D: mountains with dry creek and lake

Plain 3D: simple

Iceberg

Seastack

Mountains 3D: modified valley and granite outcrop

Mountains 3D: high gradient stream to sandstone lake

Mountains 3D: high gradient stream to basalt lake

Plate tectonics: subduction zone and mid-ocean ridge

Mallard Duck on Frozen Choptank River

Frozen Choptank River from Horn Point

Old Crane on Frozen River

Brocolli in snow

Winter Wheat

Washington Column with Winter Snow

Brain coral (Faviidae) 2

Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia)

Amphiprion spp. (Clownfish)

Alosa sapidissima (American Shad)

Mushroom coral (Fungia Spp.)

Beetle

Ant

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (House Dust Mite)

Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) 1

Fly

Firefly

Solenopsis spp. (Red Ant)

Scorpion

Bittium spp.

Oyster

Snail

Razor clam

Sponge 1

Doliolid (Tunicate)

Ctenophore (Comb Jelly)

Ascidian

Acartia spp. (Copepod)

Gammarus spp. (Amphipod)

Mysid spp.

Seastar 2

Strombidium (Ciliate)

Paramecium aurelia (Ciliate)

Laboea strobila (Ciliate)

Didinium nasutum (Ciliate)

Conceptual Diagrams: A tool for science communication

Environmental problem solving in coastal regions

Weather: hurricane (N Hemisphere)

Weather: cyclone (S Hemisphere)

Weather: sheeting rain

Weather: rain

Submarine Springs and Sewage

Balancing limitation and excess: ecophysiological implications for seagrass survival

Coastal and marine ecosystems: Potential Effects on U.S. Resources & Global climate change

Continuous monitoring Providence RI

Ceratium spp. (Dinoflagellate)

Chicken house

Assessing ecosystem health in coastal waters

Bridge of the RV Cape Henlopen

Sediment Corer

Collecting a sediment core

Healthy Chesapeake Waterways

Midwater Fish Trawl

Trawl Bucket

Measuring White Perch

Jellyfish Biovolume

Acrobat 2

Vision for IAN

Oyster Dredge

Ecklonia radiata

Seagrass: potential habitat

Seagrass: growth

Ovis aries (Sheep)

Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth) : caterpillar

Diatoms

Common Ground Summit for Controlling Agricultural Nonpoint Sources of Nutrients

CSO Outfall - Providence RI

Phytoplankton bloom

Centric diatom

Benthic microalgae 2

Benthic microalgae 1

Lyngbya in Caulerpa beds

Halophila decipiens (Caribbean Seagrass) 1

Halophila johnsonii (Johnson's Seagrass) 2

Marine Pollution in the United States: Significant Accomplishments, Future Challenges

Census of Marine Life

Discover the waterways of South East Queensland

Cygnus atratus (Black Swan)

Ecosystems and Global Climate Change: A review of potential impacts on U.S. terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity

The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change on Coastal Areas and Marine Resources

Newport-Providence Ferry, Narragansett RI

Luggage Point Wastewater Treatment Plant

Science and Site 104: Long-term Options for Dredged Sediment Placement

Moreton Bay Study

Litoria caerulea (Australian Green Tree Frog) : adult

Pelecanus spp. (Pelican)

Bos taurus (Cow) 2

Bos taurus (Cow) 1

Arctocephalus pusillus (Brown Fur Seal)

Dugong dugon (Dugong) 1

Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus)

Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale)

Tursiops spp. (Bottlenose Dolphin)

Acrostichum speciosum (Mangrove Fern) leaf

Acrostichum speciosum (Mangrove Fern) branch

Acrostichum speciosum (Mangrove Fern)

Banksia spp. (Banksia)

Arecaceae (Palm Tree) 2

Jellyfish

Melaleuca spp. (Ti Tree)

Lomandra spp. (Lomandra)

Pinus spp. (Pine)

Xanthorrhoea spp. (Grass Tree)

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides (Spotted Sweetlips) : juvenile

Arrhamphus sclerolepis (Snub-nosed Garfish)

Arius graeffei (Fork-tailed Catfish)

Belone belone (Garfish)

Bidyanus bidyanus (Silver Perch)

Branching coral

Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)

Macquaria novemaculeata (Australian Bass)

Leiopotherapogon unicolor (Spangled Perch)

Mogurnda clivicola (Flinders Ranges Mogurnda)

Oreochromis mossambicus (Mozambique Tilapia)

Orectolobus spp. (Wobbegong)

Neoceratodus forsteri (Australian Lungfish)

Pomacanthus imperator (Emperor Angelfish)

Scarus spp. (Parrotfish)

Tandanus tandanus (Eel-tailed Catfish)

Spondyliosoma cantharus (Black Seabream)

Sillago ciliata (Sand Whiting)

Siganus spp. (Rabbitfish)

Zanclus cornutus (Moorish Idol)

Caterpillar

Dragonfly : adult

Mayfly : larva

Spider web

Octopus

Callianassa spp. (Burrowing Mud Shrimp)

Hermit Crab

Holothurian 2

Seastar 1

Flagellates 2

Flagellates 1

Feather duster worm

Worms

Chlorodesmis spp. (Turtle Weed)

Catanella spp.

Epilithic algae

Chlorophyta

Laurencia spp.

Halimeda spp.

Turf algae

Rhodophyta (Red Algae)

Padina spp. (Peacock's Tail)

Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove) leaf

Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove) fruit

Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove) flower

Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove) albino

Avicennia marina (Grey Mangrove)

Aegiceras corniculatum leaf

Aegiceras corniculatum fruit

Aegiceras corniculatum flower

Aegiceras corniculatum

Dead Rhizophora

Dead Avicennia

Ceriops australis mature hypocotyl

Ceriops australis flower

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza mature hypocotyl

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza leaf

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza flower

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza 1

Mangrove oil spill effects

Mangrove nutrient excess effects

Mangrove loss effects

Mangrove insect damage effects

Mangrove gain effects

Mangrove ecotone shift effects

Mangrove direct damage effects

Lumnitzera racemosa

Excoecaria agallocha seed capsule

Excoecaria agallocha male flower

Excoecaria agallocha female flower

Excoecaria agallocha

Mangrove wrack accumulation effects

Mangrove storm damage effects

Rhizophora stylosa fruit

Rhizophora stylosa flower

Rhizophora stylosa

Mangrove growth

Lumnitzera racemosa leaf

Lumnitzera racemosa fruit 1

Rhizophora stylosa propagule

Rhizophora stylosa leaf

Scirpus spp. (Bulrush)

Sarcocornia spp. (Samphire)

Reeds

Tecticornia spp. (Samphire)

Seagrass with rhizome

Seagrass

Seagrass: detritus

Deep water seagrass

Seagrass: dead matte

Potamogeton perfoliatus (Perfoliate Pondweed)

Potamogeton crispus (Curly-leaf Pondweed)

Posidonia with epiphytes

Posidonia oceanica growing on matte

Ruppia seed bank

Ruppia megacarpa flower

Seagrass: shallow water

Seagrass leaf with epiphytes

Seagrass: grazer

Thalassodendron ciliatum 1

Turtle 2

Turtle 1

Gymnodinium catenatum

Trichodesmium spp.

Nodularia spp.

Lyngbya majuscula

Cyanobacteria

Water lily 2

Water lily 1

Zostera capricornii

Biodiversity: algae

Grazing; Dugong

Food webs; grazing 1

Evapotranspiration; reduced

Evapotranspiration

Phytoplankton bloom/crash

Grazing; Urchin

Grazing; Turtle

Desiccation

Mixing time

Boat: dinghy

Freight: cargo ship 2

Aviation: light aircraft 1

Vehicle: dump truck

Vehicle: sedan

Freight: port crane 2

Freight: port 2

Freight: port with cargo ship

Vehicle: 4WD

Petroleum industry: oil refinery

Petroleum industry: oil rig platform 1

Quarry mining

Dredge 2

Dredge

Bucket

Golf course

Fishing

Jet skiing

Houseboat

Rowing

Picnic table

Shore fishing

Water skiing

Auto analyzer

Filtering sample

Drying oven

Incubation chamber

Fluorometer

Light logger diagram

Mass spectrometer

Macroalgal incubation setup 2

Light meter

Communications: satellite 1

Research vessel

Radiometer

Secchi disk

Spectrophotometer

Water sampler

Logging 4

Logging

Trawler boat 2

Prawn trawler

Fisheries: fin

Fisheries: crustacean

Fish cages 2

Fish cages

Aquaculture ponds 3

Aquaculture ponds 2

Aquaculture ponds 1

Fish ladder

Beef/dairy farming 2

Irrigation

Slaughterhouse/abattoir

Pine plantation

Pineapple

Tractor 3

Tractor 2

Construction: bulldozer

Urban: public toilet

Retail: corner store

Suburban: canal estate 1

Water: dam 1

Construction: earthworks

Construction: crane

Construction: excavator

Suburban: house 2

Suburban: house 1

Energy: hydroelectric turbine

Energy: hydroelectric plant

Suburban: house with verandah

Suburban: house 5

Suburban: house 4

Suburban: house 3

Marina 1

Energy: power station

Urban: parking lot

Waste management: landfill

Suburban: Queenslander

Urban: church 1

Urban: city building 01

Generic tree 1

Urban: warehouse

Moreton Bay and Catchment

Scuba diver

The crew member's guide to the health of our waterways

Streambank Fencing Livestock Grazing Management

Pervious Surfaces Used to Promote Stormwater Infiltration and Retention

Understanding the Eastern Caribbean and the Antilles

Groundwater

Bowman Lake

Post-fire regeneration

Pu'u Loa Petrogylphs

South Point

Stato-acoustic Organ

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Floating Wetlands event

Patapsco River and Baltimore Harbor

Annapolis coastal suburb

Wetland upper eastern shore

Urban Shoreline

Rowes Wharf, Boston

Cubitainers filled with water samples

Swimming under a waterfall

Lapping waves against rocky coast

Rocky coast of Maui

Swimming beneath a waterfall

Waterfall at Maui

Sampling at the Horn Point Laboratory dock

Deployment cage for oyster biological indicator

Assembling biological indicator gear

Assembling cages for oyster biological indicators

Snow on the beach

Icy Beach

Ice Breaker Samples

Ice Breaker Samples

Ice Breaker Samples

Ice Breaker Samples

Ice Breaker Samples

Ben collects his oysters

Snow on the beach

Collecting water samples

Sampling in Johnson Bay

Total Suspended Solids

Total Suspended Solids

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Trawler

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Charleston Bridge

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Science Communication

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Alligators

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Alligator

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Boat Pier

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Alligator

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Alligator

ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve

Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)

Male Male Least Tern offering fish to female

Female Least Tern accepting fish and mating

Western Sandpiper in April

Mormon tea

Bikers on Mars Hill.

Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

IAN Science Communication Course

Wetlands

Purple sails

Chuck-wills-widow

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card Release

Maryland Coastal Bays report card release

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Shifting Sands cake

IAN Press products

2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Green Heron Feeding

Marsh along barrier beach

Farm house at Wells Reserve

Ice on the Merriland River

Merriland River from the Carson Trail

Science Communication Course

Entrance to University of New England

Science Communication Course participants at the University of New England

Coral habitats

Island: volcanic crater

Mississippi River Watershed Map