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Marie Miller receives 2024 Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

September 16, 2024

Marie Miller, Associate Professor and Director of the Forestry Technology program at Allegany College of Maryland (ACM), recently received the 2024 Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award from the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

Reducing the unintended environmental consequences of decarbonization

September 10, 2024

Some approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions risk intensifying other environmental challenges, such as the global nitrogen cycle.

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

August 20, 2024

Part of the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation award of $16M in grants to support science-led conservation projects.

Migratory bird species found to be socially oriented

August 13, 2024

Study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences encourages further analysis into the nature and consequences of migrating species interactions.

UMCES scientists identify toxin found in Chesapeake Bay phytoplankton

August 9, 2024

Corresponding research paper on K. veneficum published in Nature Scientific Reports.

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Events

Sep

18^th

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

September 18, 2024 12:00pm

Sep

24^th

Watershed Moments: Water, Forests, Wildlife in Western MD

Appalachian Laboratory

September 24, 2024 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us in person at the Performing Arts Center at Garrett College in McHenry, MD, to learn more about leading edge environmental science for solutions being conducted at the Appalachian Laboratory!

Oct

8^th

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

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

October 8, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Cove Point Marsh: Over ten years of monitoring natural and nature-based feature in Calvert County. Join us at the oldest state-supported marine lab on the East Coast to learn about innovative research being pioneered by CBL scientists. Our faculty and graduate students are developing new approaches to solving the environmental management problems facing Southern Maryland, our nation, and our world. Tuesday, October 8, 7-8PM at CBL's Bernie Fowler Laboratory

Oct

12^th

Annual Open House

Horn Point Laboratory

October 12, 2024 11:00am to 4:00pm

Join us for the Open House at Horn Point Laboratory! The theme for 2024’s event is Treasure Your Bay. There are lots of reasons to treasure the Bay and we invite visitors to the Horn Point campus to celebrate it, explore it, and learn more about it! Family-friendly, FREE and open to all! Rain or shine!

Oct

15^th

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