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Talbot County Public Schools honors Horn Point assistant professor

February 27, 2018
Talbot County Public Schools named Horn Point Laboratory Assistant Professor Jamie Pierson its Community Partner of the Month for March for his part in a hands-on project that taught students about plankton and climate change.

UMCES joins 10 Billion Oyster Project as Scientific Advisor

February 26, 2018
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science joins the Chesapeake 10 Billion Oyster Partnership, a multi-year collaborative effort to add 10 billion oysters to the Bay by 2025, as a scientific advisor committed to sound science-based management of the Bay's oyster population.

Next Generation: Emily Russ

January 31, 2018
Emily Russ studies where sediment comes from and where it goes, specifically, how much sediment comes from the Susquehanna River or from shoreline erosion, and where it gets deposited in the Chesapeake Bay.

The ocean is slowly suffocating, reports international team of scientists

January 4, 2018
An international team of scientists warns that the ocean may run out of breath unless action is taken to rein in climate change and nutrient pollution.

Controlling mosquitoes with Chesapeake critters

December 6, 2017
Biological oceanographer Jamie Pierson of the Horn Point Laboratory is exploring whether or not microscopic critters found in the waters around the Chesapeake Bay region could be used to naturally control mosquito populations.Copepods-small aquatic crustaceans that are a major food source for small fish and birds-have been used as mosquito control in places like Louisiana and New Jersey.

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