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Next Generation: Anna Windle on Drones & the Chesapeake Bay
June 30, 2020
Anna Windle"s research focuses on satellite and drone remote sensing in the coastal waters of Chesapeake Bay to help better understand water quality.

Avoiding Pollution Swapping while Reducing Agricultural Runoff of Nitrogen to the Chesapeake Bay
June 30, 2020
A team of UMCES researchers are trying to figure out the best management practices for reducing runoff from farm land.

Research team receives $10M to transform shellfish farming with smart technology
June 26, 2020
UMCES researcher Matt Gray and a group of researchers and institutions throughout the U.S. received a $10M grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring advanced technology to the domestic shellfish aquaculture industry.

Bay 101: A virtual seminar series, science of the Chesapeake for non-scientists
June 25, 2020
Every Wednesday from July 8 through August 5 from 5:00 to 5:30 pm Horn Point Laboratory researchers will share a free, online seminar series about the science of the Chesapeake Bay. The thirty-minute programs will shed light into the mysteries of the Bay and highlight Horn Point programs working to improve the health of the Bay and its aquatic life.

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over region for migrating striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon

June 25, 2020
Authors suggest that the development of wind farms on the DelMarVa coastal shelf, 17-26 miles from Ocean City’s shoreline, may alter the migratory behavior of Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially and recreationally important striped bass as new wind turbines in this otherwise featureless region could create habitat around which fish linger.

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