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Fish facing warmer waters
January 25, 2016
When it comes to scientific data, older isn't typically better. But when you are teasing out environmental trends, like temperature change, it helps to have a long record. The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons, Maryland, is the oldest state-supported marine laboratory on the East Coast, and it touts the longest continuous record of water temperature in the Chesapeake Bay.

Prairie dog expert John Hoogland shares 40 years of experience fighting cold in the field
January 21, 2016
Dr. John Hoogland is an expert on staying warm in cold weather. For 40 years, he has spent upwards of 12 hours a day sitting in a tower to observe the intimate lives of prairies dogs. From dawn to dusk, during frigid months in late winter and early spring, in the remotest reaches and highest altitudes of the American West.

CBL Scientists Study Effects of Fall Storms and Wind on Bay’s “Metabolism”
December 21, 2015
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science took a close look at two big weather systems as they hit our region in October 2015. An unnamed nor’easter that dumped rain was followed quickly by the remnants of Hurricane Joaquin.

Graduate of Distinction Award Presented to Dr. Jeremy Testa
December 16, 2015
Dr. Jeremy Testa will be presented with the Graduate of Distinction - Incipiens Quercu (young oak) Award from his undergraduate university, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).

NAS Gulf Research Program Awards $504,000 grant to Horn Point Laboratory to study impact of oil spills on marine life

December 10, 2015
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced a $504,000 grant for the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory to improve understanding of the responses of zooplankton and fish to stressers such as oil spills and low oxygen in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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