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Forecasting Chesapeake Bay Summer Conditions

June 14, 2010
Researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have teamed up with their colleagues to analyze historical environmental data to develop an ecological forecast of several indicators of Chesapeake Bay health.

CBL Aquatic Toxicologist Carys Mitchelmore Informing Policymakers about Dispersants and the Gulf Oil Spill

June 10, 2010
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory scientist Dr. Carys Mitchelmore has played an active role in the public discussion after the Deepwater Horizon explosion by providing expert testimony at several Congressional hearings and through the media.

Horn Point Laboratory Scientists to Study Oil Spill Effects in Gulf of Mexico

June 8, 2010
A team of scientists from the Horn Point Laboratory will be traveling to the Gulf of Mexico later this summer to study the potential effects of the gulf oil spill on plankton and fish communities in the northern Gulf.

UMCES Scientists Respond to Gulf Oil Spill

May 26, 2010
Since the explosion of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon, researchers from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are playing an active role in determining long-term damage to the ecosystem and providing science-based analysis to policymakers and natural resource managers working to minimize the impact of this environmental tragedy.

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