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Next Generation: Lauren Rodriguez on Using Environmental DNA in the Chesapeake Bay
February 27, 2022
My current research focuses on monitoring biodiversity patterns in the Chesapeake Bay using noninvasive environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling. I like to call it “environmental forensics.”

Next Generation: Maddy Lahm on marine carbon cycling
February 24, 2022
"As human activity continues to affect biogeochemical processes and release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it is important to try to understand the oceanic carbon storage capacity as our planet continues to change."

Peter Goodwin chosen for Leadership Maryland Class of 2022
February 23, 2022
Leadership Maryland announced today that Dr. Peter Goodwin, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), a graduate university that provides independent advice to help state and national leaders manage the environment, has been chosen to participate in the professional development program as a member of the Class of 2022.

Emily Cohen awarded NSF CAREER Award to study migrating birds as communities
February 14, 2022
Assistant Professor Emily Cohen has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation to lead a five-year research program to help understand the processes that influence the formation of bird communities during spring and fall migration.

Growing oxygen deficient zones absorb carbon into the deep ocean
February 8, 2022
Scientists have discovered that parts of the ocean with no oxygen are more efficient at absorbing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a key part of the Earth’s carbon cycle.

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