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Research team to explore the role clams, salt marshes play in carbon cycling in estuaries
April 21, 2023
An interdisciplinary team of researchers across six institutions was awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the role that clams, salt marshes and seagrasses—also known as macrobiota—play in carbon cycling in estuaries. The research will be carried out through a coordinated program of field measurements, laboratory experiments, historical data analysis, and numerical modeling, all focused on the Chesapeake Bay.

Stacy L. Hutchinson chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2023
February 21, 2023
Stacy Hutchinson, Associate Director, Administration at UMCES' Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, has been chosen to participate in the statewide professional development program as a member of the Class of 2023.

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory researchers reach the North Pole

November 21, 2022
Scientists Lee Cooper and Jackie Grebmeier have been visiting the Arctic on research expeditions for more than 30 years, but they have never visited the North Pole. Until now.

Next Generation: Samara Nehemiah on assessing striped bass populations
October 5, 2022
My research focuses of the development of spatial stock assessment models for Chesapeake Bay fishes. I am developing new statistical methods to estimate population abundance of striped bass.

Significant increase in freshwater entering Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait
August 26, 2022
A new study has confirmed that over the past 30 years the volume of freshwater flowing through Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean has increased by 40-50%, which means that the Arctic Ocean is becoming less salty. This could impact sea ice formation, regional and global ocean circulation, and ecosystems.

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