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Horn Point Laboratory student Morgan Ross recognized by Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneurs Fellowship (REEF) Program

April 13, 2020
The Ratcliffe Environmental Entrepreneurs Fellowship (REEF) Program was established in Fall of 2014 and is supported by the Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation. Initially the program was only offered to UMCES-IMET students, but this year it was opened up for all UMCES students to apply. The program, which helps build skills that are often overlooked in the science field, recognized Horn Point Laboratory's Morgan Ross for her presentation of "Breveazy".

Impacts of Ocean Warming, Sea-Level Rise, and Coastline Management for Chesapeake Bay
April 9, 2020
The recently published work of two oceanographers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) displays how ocean warming, sea level rise, and the hardening of shorelines will lead to increased storm surges for Baltimore and other larger cities.

UMCES researchers lend a glove to COVID-19 response
March 31, 2020
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science campuses across Maryland are reaching out to serve their communities, offering personal protective equipment and emergency supplies to hospitals and local health departments and volunteering in local food banks.

A letter from Horn Point Laboratory Director Mike Roman
March 30, 2020
A message from Horn Point Laboratory Director Mike Roman regarding HPL's response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Broodstock: The Unsung Heroes of an Oyster Hatchery
February 26, 2020
Broodstock is defined as a group of mature individuals used in aquaculture for breeding purposes. At the HPL oyster hatchery it means mature adult male and female oysters, which have been placed in floats and plunked into the cool waters of the laboratory’s tidal basin every fall. And there they sleep, until they are brought up to the hatchery beginning in January to begin the new season.

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