News articles featuring IAN personnel http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/ Integration and Application Network To nature, snow is potential. It is rainwater, waiting for a cue. So for now, scientists can guess at the environmental effects of historic back-to-back blizzards: Snowed-in cars don't pollute, snow-drooped trees could temporarily change the architecture of local forests. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1194/rapid_melting_of_record_snowfall_could_harm_waterways_aquatic_life_2010-02-13/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1194/rapid_melting_of_record_snowfall_could_harm_waterways_aquatic_life_2010-02-13/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:17:39 -0500 A group of 38 longtime Bay policy makers, scientists and other advocates say "bold, new and aggressive actions" are needed to restore the Bay, and expressed skepticism that plans recently outlined by the EPA could accomplish the job. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1189/longtime_bay_advocates_say_draft_strategy_falls_short_critics_say_stronger_actions_need_to_be_taken_to_control_pollution_from_agriculture_and_development_2010-02-01/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1189/longtime_bay_advocates_say_draft_strategy_falls_short_critics_say_stronger_actions_need_to_be_taken_to_control_pollution_from_agriculture_and_development_2010-02-01/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:19:08 -0500 The cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay are stirring up a heated debate over new regulations from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1165/bay_foundation_doubts_mandate_enforcement_2010-01-13/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1165/bay_foundation_doubts_mandate_enforcement_2010-01-13/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:22:00 -0500 In June the staff of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program was proud to release one of our most important accomplishments: a book focusing on the environmental and cultural changes in the watershed. This month, we are just as pleased to have the opportunity to discuss the book directly with those in our community. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1163/meet_the_authors_of_the_book_on_our_bays_2010-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1163/meet_the_authors_of_the_book_on_our_bays_2010-01-12/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:09:15 -0500 As we embark on the first week of a new year, it's a good time to review a few of our accomplishments from last year. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1128/coastal_bays_a_year_of_accomplishments_2010-01-05/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1128/coastal_bays_a_year_of_accomplishments_2010-01-05/ Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0500 Senior Chesapeake Bay scientists and former policymakers joined with environmental activists Wednesday to call for bold and "drastic" measures to restore the ailing estuary, including mandatory controls on runoff from farms and existing urban and suburban areas. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1124/_eagles_join_fray_over_restoring_bay_2009-12-31/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1124/_eagles_join_fray_over_restoring_bay_2009-12-31/ Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ/AP) ― "Act now, or the Chesapeake Bay will die." Those are words from a group of scientists and policy makers. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1121/bay_advocates_send_obama_restoration_strategy_2009-12-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1121/bay_advocates_send_obama_restoration_strategy_2009-12-30/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency stepped up efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Officials introduced new penalties for underperforming states, but bay advocates are far from satisfied with the proposal and Wednesday they sent President Obama a message: enough is enough. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1122/bay_advocates_dissatisfied_by_epa_s_proposal_2009-12-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1122/bay_advocates_dissatisfied_by_epa_s_proposal_2009-12-30/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 A coalition of former governors, congressmen, scientists and others sent the Obama Administration their proposed Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy, a plan much tougher than the one being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1123/bay_advocates_send_obama_restoration_strategy_2009-12-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1123/bay_advocates_send_obama_restoration_strategy_2009-12-30/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 A panel is recommending what it calls drastic regulations to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1127/bay_panel_wants_mandatory_pollution_control_2009-12-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1127/bay_panel_wants_mandatory_pollution_control_2009-12-30/ Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 ANNAPOLIS - The low-oxygen "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay this summer was slightly larger than average and bigger than scientists had predicted, officials said. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1111/briefs_bay_dead_zone_still_bad_in_09_2009-12-16/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1111/briefs_bay_dead_zone_still_bad_in_09_2009-12-16/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500 The low-oxygen "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay this summer was slightly larger than average and bigger than scientists had predicted, officials said this week. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1087/bay_dead_zone_still_bad_in_09_but_scientists_have_new_knowledge_of_how_it_works_2009-11-27/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1087/bay_dead_zone_still_bad_in_09_but_scientists_have_new_knowledge_of_how_it_works_2009-11-27/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Monday, the Federal government announced the outlines of a new effort to help restore the seafood and wildlife in the nation's largest estuary: the Chesapeake Bay. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1074/epa_drafts_chesapeake_bay_cleanup_strategy_2009-11-09/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1074/epa_drafts_chesapeake_bay_cleanup_strategy_2009-11-09/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 ANNAPOLIS - Megan Brubaker dove into the Choptank River in Cambridge for the ChesapeakeMan Ultra Distance Triathlon last month, well aware of the high levels of pollution in the bay, but with no concerns for her health. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1039/scientists_triathletes_insist_bay_safe_for_swimming_2009-10-07/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1039/scientists_triathletes_insist_bay_safe_for_swimming_2009-10-07/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0400 Summer oxygen levels in the Bay were better than last year, though not quite as good as scientists had expected, according to monitoring data. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1020/summer_oxygen_levels_better_than_average_less_than_predicted_2009-09-01/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/1020/summer_oxygen_levels_better_than_average_less_than_predicted_2009-09-01/ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400 As if it isn't hot enough already, environmentalists want to turn the heat up on federal officials to be bold in trying to jump-start the hit-or-miss restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Green groups have scheduled a "town hall" style meeting Tuesday night in Annapolis to push for enforceable limits on pollution and tough consequences if cleanup goals aren't met. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/991/sound_off_on_saving_the_bay_2009-08-10/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/991/sound_off_on_saving_the_bay_2009-08-10/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400 CAMBRIDGE - A team of 80 researchers from more than 20 organizations has teamed up to author "Shifting Sands: Environmental and Cultural Change in Maryland's Coastal Bays," a comprehensive look at the coastal lagoons and barrier islands making up Maryland's Atlantic coastline. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/995/researchers_write_about_coastal_bays_2009-08-07/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/995/researchers_write_about_coastal_bays_2009-08-07/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0400 Confounding forecasts that the Chesapeake Bay would fare relatively well this summer, scientists report now that the bay's fish-stressing "dead zone" has grown to its usual size. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/985/bay_s_dead_zone_reported_at_normal_size_2009-07-29/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/985/bay_s_dead_zone_reported_at_normal_size_2009-07-29/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 ANNAPOLIS — Scientists say the summer "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay has grown to its usual size. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/986/chesapeake_bay_dead_zone_reaches_usual_size_2009-07-29/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/986/chesapeake_bay_dead_zone_reaches_usual_size_2009-07-29/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) ― Summer projections for the Bay have been down-graded from the usual bad news about dead zones. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/989/chesapeake_bay_dead_zone_reaches_usual_size_2009-07-29/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/989/chesapeake_bay_dead_zone_reaches_usual_size_2009-07-29/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 The fish-stressing "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay is bigger than predicted this summer, scientists say. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/979/bay_dead_zone_bigger_than_predicted_2009-07-27/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/979/bay_dead_zone_bigger_than_predicted_2009-07-27/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 A federal scientist calls "very troublesome" the state budget cut eliminating funds to monitor algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/981/bay_monitoring_cuts_very_troublesome_2009-07-25/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/981/bay_monitoring_cuts_very_troublesome_2009-07-25/ Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 ANNAPOLIS - Scientists are predicting a smaller-than-average "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay this summer. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/976/digest_smaller_dead_zone_in_bay_predicted_2009-07-24/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/976/digest_smaller_dead_zone_in_bay_predicted_2009-07-24/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 While many are aware of the environmental challenges the coastal bays watershed currently faces, the remarkable history of the area is not as often examined. "Shifting Sands -- Environmental and Coastal Change in Maryland's Coastal Bays" not only covers in depth the obstacles that stand in the way of the health of the bays, but also provides intriguing insight into the area's past and also its future direction. This look over time provides a unique socio-cultural perspective and rare local history which complements the scientific analysis to create a comprehensive view of the state of the watershed. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/971/_shifting_sands_explores_region_s_history_2009-07-20/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/971/_shifting_sands_explores_region_s_history_2009-07-20/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) ― What has been a worry in the Chesapeake Bay, is now cause for concern for the rest of the world. The disappearance of coastal, underwater grasses is a concern for environmental experts. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/975/disappearance_of_underwater_grasses_causes_concern_video_2009-07-17/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/975/disappearance_of_underwater_grasses_causes_concern_video_2009-07-17/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 BALTIMORE, July 7 (UPI) -- The decline in seagrass beds is accelerating at a disturbing rate due to coastal development and related activities, a U.S. university study revealed. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/962/seagrass_beds_are_dying_worldwide_2009-07-07/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/962/seagrass_beds_are_dying_worldwide_2009-07-07/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 MIAMI (Reuters) - The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating, according to a new study. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/960/loss_of_world_s_seagrass_beds_seen_accelerating_2009-07-02/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/960/loss_of_world_s_seagrass_beds_seen_accelerating_2009-07-02/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400 DENTON - While the Chesapeake Bay earned a "C-" in terms of health from environmental organization Chesapeake EcoCheck, the Choptank River received the lower score of a "D," prompting the Caroline County Office of Planning, Codes and Engineering to hold a symposium on potential causes for and methods of improving the waterway's condition. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/952/choptank_d_graded_2009-06-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/952/choptank_d_graded_2009-06-30/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0400 Findings from the first comprehensive global survey of coastal seagrass ecosystems are nothing to cheer about. Fifty-eight percent of seagrass meadows are declining, according to an international team of scientists who compiled data from 215 studies and 1,800 observations of seagrass habitat beginning in 1879. Since that year, 29 percent of seagrass ecosystems have vanished entirely. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/953/coastal_seagrass_disappearing_as_quickly_as_coral_reefs_and_rainforests_2009-06-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/953/coastal_seagrass_disappearing_as_quickly_as_coral_reefs_and_rainforests_2009-06-30/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0400 Governor Martin O'Malley held a public meeting Tuesday to discuss the State's plans to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland and other states are embarking on an accelerated effort to rid the Bay of pollutants. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/955/md_governor_addresses_bay_concerns_in_ocean_city_2009-06-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/article/955/md_governor_addresses_bay_concerns_in_ocean_city_2009-06-30/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0400