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Mobile laboratory helps keep invasive species out of Chesapeake Bay
August 31, 2016
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Maritime Environmental Resource Center has a mobile test platform that evaluates the performance of ballast water treatment technologies before they are installed on ships to ensure they meet U.S. Coast Guard requirements.

UMCES appoints new Board of Visitors members
August 26, 2016
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, a leading research and educational institute dedicated to understanding and managing our natural resources, welcomes four new members to its Board of Visitors. The 20-member board provides advice and counsel to the President on matters pertaining to public outreach, development and policy issues.

Study finds human-caused global warming began earlier than expected
August 25, 2016
Close to 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution drove thousands away from working the land to toil in factories in cities, where machine production changed our entire way of life. A new study shows that this major societal shift also triggered simultaneous changes in our climate. An international research project has shown that the increases in temperatures we are witnessing today started about 180 years ago and confirms previous findings that human activity is the cause of modern global warming. 

Legendary Chesapeake Bay scientist Walt Boynton to receive Mathias Medal
August 23, 2016
Walter Boynton, longtime professor and estuarine ecologist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and a fixture in the world of Chesapeake Bay science for more than 40 years, has been chosen to receive the Mathias Medal to recognize his distinguished career of scholarship and public service.Unknown Object

Joe Suarez of Booz Allen Hamilton joins Board of Visitors
August 22, 2016
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, a leading research and educational institute dedicated to understanding and managing our natural resources, recently appointed Joe Suarez, Executive Advisor with Community Partnerships for Booz Allen Hamilton, to its Board of Visitors.

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