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UMCES kicks off celebration of a century of service

January 27, 2025
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science kicked off the celebration of its 100th anniversary with a centennial launch event on January 24, 2025, at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons.

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

January 24, 2025
UMCES will celebrate its centennial year with an event series highlighting legacy and future vision for 2025 and beyond.

Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration, new study says

January 15, 2025
New research shows songbird migration may be driven by more than innate patterns and memory. Recorded flight calls reveal probable social associations between species making the nighttime trek. Here, an American Redstart streaks across the sky. Photo credit: Andrew Dreelin.

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

December 19, 2024
Ming Li and an international team of scientists will address increasing salt intrusion and its impacts on freshwater resources and water supplies, an increasingly global threat, over the next four years.

Innovative philanthropy pushes the boundaries of environmental science discovery

December 18, 2024
Philanthropy enables scientists to answer early key questions and obtain critical proof-of-concept results that can be used to leverage support from traditional funding agencies.

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