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PR Newswire, WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1883/4_1m_in_technology_projects_approved_by_mtech_maryland_industrial_partnerships_program_2012-02-08/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1883/4_1m_in_technology_projects_approved_by_mtech_maryland_industrial_partnerships_program_2012-02-08/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:33 -0500 COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 8, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program, a high-impact economic development initiative fostering innovation and new jobs in the State of Maryland, has approved 16 new technology product development projects worth $4.1 million. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1882/4_1m_in_technology_projects_approved_by_mtech_maryland_industrial_partnerships_program_2012-02-08/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1882/4_1m_in_technology_projects_approved_by_mtech_maryland_industrial_partnerships_program_2012-02-08/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:58:09 -0500 The Atlantic sturgeon, one of the world's oldest surviving species of fish, became the newest addition to the federally protected endangered species list last week, a designation that could lead to additional protections for the fish's habitat. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1881/atlantic_sturgeon_added_to_endangered_species_list_illegal_to_catch_sturgeon_get_more_federal_protection_2012-02-08/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1881/atlantic_sturgeon_added_to_endangered_species_list_illegal_to_catch_sturgeon_get_more_federal_protection_2012-02-08/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:39:10 -0500 BALTIMORE --Researchers say they may have overcome a roadblock in efforts to satisfy the world's growing demand for seafood through fish-farming. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1880/in_boost_for_aquaculture_farmed_fish_raised_on_vegetarian_diet_2012-01-02/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1880/in_boost_for_aquaculture_farmed_fish_raised_on_vegetarian_diet_2012-01-02/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:07:29 -0500 Dr Mario Tamburri, Research Professor, University of Maryland and Director, Maritime Environmental Research Center (MERC), has joined the international speaker line-up at the forthcoming Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) Ballast Water Technology 2012 Conference, with its theme Impending Convention Requirements and Challenges, taking place Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February 2012 in central London. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1879/uk_international_expert_joins_imarest_ballast_water_conference_line_up_2012-02-06/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1879/uk_international_expert_joins_imarest_ballast_water_conference_line_up_2012-02-06/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:11:39 -0500 'Self and Science: High Stakes Conflict in Murky Seas' is the intriguing title scientist Professor David Wright has chosen for his Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) Stanley Gray Lecture on Thursday 23 February, which will see him drawing on his long experience of discourse and conflict, navigating what he describes as 'the murky waters of political and commercial interest'. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1878/uk_self_and_science_high_stakes_conflict_in_murky_seas_imarest_lecture_2012-02-06/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1878/uk_self_and_science_high_stakes_conflict_in_murky_seas_imarest_lecture_2012-02-06/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:02:47 -0500 CUMBERLAND — More than 30 people came to an open house Saturday to hear about brook trout management in the upper Savage River drainage, some traveling from as far away as Baltimore and Sugar Grove, W.Va. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1877/dnr_talks_savage_river_trout_at_open_house_2012-02-04/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1877/dnr_talks_savage_river_trout_at_open_house_2012-02-04/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:43:10 -0500 The interesting front-page story about the shifts in the Agriculture Department's plant hardiness zone maps since 1990 ["New plant map shifts area to warmer zone," Jan. 26] included this headline on the continuing page: "Plant map doesn't measure climate change." However, nothing in the article discusses the relationship of the zone changes to climate change, whether global, national or regional. The nearly uniformly northward shifting zones reflect increases in "average winter low temperatures between 1976 and 2005 at 8,000 weather stations." While this doesn't fully measure all the changes in climate, if this nationwide pattern is not attributable to global climate change — specifically to the global warming that scientists have concluded is unequivocal — what, pray tell, is responsible? The failure of The Post, not only to make the connection with global climate change but also to seemingly disavow it, is most puzzling. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1876/so_why_are_the_plant_zones_changing_2012-02-03/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1876/so_why_are_the_plant_zones_changing_2012-02-03/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:13:14 -0500 BALTIMORE (WJZ) — They've been off limits to fishing for more than a decade, but it hasn't stopped their decline. Now Atlantic sturgeon have been officially declared endangered. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1875/prehistoric_atlantic_sturgeon_that_survived_mass_extinctions_may_not_survive_man_2012-02-03/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1875/prehistoric_atlantic_sturgeon_that_survived_mass_extinctions_may_not_survive_man_2012-02-03/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:53 -0500 A slew of high-powered state officials — including Gov. Martin O'Malley, university President Wallace Loh, Sen. Barbara Mikulski and State Senate President Mike Miller — all gathered yesterday to unveil the opening of a new, $27.5 million collaborative research center, poising the university to lead in environmental policy research. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1874/univ_unveils_new_27_5m_center_for_the_environment_officials_say_research_will_propel_the_state_2012-01-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1874/univ_unveils_new_27_5m_center_for_the_environment_officials_say_research_will_propel_the_state_2012-01-30/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:31:59 -0500 The Atlantic sturgeon, an imperiled bottom-dwelling fish in the Chesapeake Bay, has been declared an endangered species. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1873/bay_s_sturgeon_now_an_endangered_species_ancient_fish_to_be_protected_to_prevent_extinction_2012-02-02/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1873/bay_s_sturgeon_now_an_endangered_species_ancient_fish_to_be_protected_to_prevent_extinction_2012-02-02/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:26:00 -0500 With enough "thank-you" speeches to rival the Academy Awards, officials celebrated the opening of an environmental think tank in Annapolis Monday afternoon. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1872/environmental_think_tank_opens_in_annapolis_2012-01-31/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1872/environmental_think_tank_opens_in_annapolis_2012-01-31/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:29:32 -0500 Cambridge, Md. (January 24, 2012) – The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers are the lifeblood of the Eastern Shore, defining the region like no other water body in the world. While many easily recognize the natural beauty Bay country offers, the Horn Point Laboratory is launching a new community program designed to make the science of the Chesapeake Bay as accessible as its beauty. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1871/horn_point_laboratory_presents_chesapeake_bay_101_science_program_for_local_residents_2012-01-24/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1871/horn_point_laboratory_presents_chesapeake_bay_101_science_program_for_local_residents_2012-01-24/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:31:51 -0500 How did the raccoon (and deer and blue heron) cross the road? http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1870/nature_tunnel_vision_critters_cross_under_roads_2012-01-16/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1870/nature_tunnel_vision_critters_cross_under_roads_2012-01-16/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:18:11 -0500 The 57th Mayor of Baltimore - Stephanie Rawlings Blake – has announced a plan to clean up Baltimore's Inner Harbor area so that it is swim-able and fish-able by 2020. Other cities, most notably Boston, have already completed just such a goal. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1869/working_toward_fishing_and_swimming_in_the_inner_harbor_2012-01-29/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1869/working_toward_fishing_and_swimming_in_the_inner_harbor_2012-01-29/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:14:38 -0500 Scientists, economists, politicians, educators and even an artist gathered Monday in Annapolis to mark the launch of an unusual University of Maryland think tank that aims to bring academic disciplines together to tackle thorny environmental issues. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1868/um_synthesis_center_seeks_to_balance_nature_people_center_is_funded_by_27_5_million_federal_grant_2012-01-30/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1868/um_synthesis_center_seeks_to_balance_nature_people_center_is_funded_by_27_5_million_federal_grant_2012-01-30/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:11:05 -0500 CUMBERLAND — The governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Committee will begin another year of work by delving into the crux of the debate over drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale. The question of best practices for the industry is also a matter of whether that drilling can be done safely, commission members have said. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1867/governor_s_panel_diving_into_marcellus_shale_debate_local_lawmakers_want_process_put_on_faster_track_2012-01-26/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1867/governor_s_panel_diving_into_marcellus_shale_debate_local_lawmakers_want_process_put_on_faster_track_2012-01-26/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:57:08 -0500 The From the Bay, For the Bay Dine Out program that many Annapolis area restaurants participated in raised $20,240 in support of the Chesapeake Bay oyster-restoration efforts. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1866/boatyard_bar_and_grill_tops_in_seafood_promotion_the_first_from_the_bay_for_the_bay_program_raised_more_than_20_000_for_chesapeake_bay_restoration_efforts_2012-01-24/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1866/boatyard_bar_and_grill_tops_in_seafood_promotion_the_first_from_the_bay_for_the_bay_program_raised_more_than_20_000_for_chesapeake_bay_restoration_efforts_2012-01-24/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:31:38 -0500 NEW ORLEANS — A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1865/facing_land_loss_crisis_louisiana_proposes_bold_plan_to_save_coast_with_50b_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1865/facing_land_loss_crisis_louisiana_proposes_bold_plan_to_save_coast_with_50b_2012-01-12/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:50:40 -0500 Imagine living in a neighborhood where people check the tide gauges to figure out where they should park their cars, or where city leaders spend millions to raise streets. It's the reality in areas where the Chesapeake meets the ocean. The ground is subsiding and that, coupled with sea-level rise, is bringing record flooding and destruction to coastal neighborhoods. The flooding is happening faster than many ever imagined, and the problem is expected to get worse over the next several decades. The rising Chesapeake, a pressing problem with expensive solutions. A look at what can be done with Rona Kobell, staff writer of the Chesapeake Bay Journal; Skip Stiles, executive director of Wetlands Watch and onetime member of Virginia's Climate Commission; and Don Boesch, president of the University of Maryland Center for Marine Science. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1864/midday_on_the_bay_and_the_threat_of_sea_level_rise_2012-01-19/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1864/midday_on_the_bay_and_the_threat_of_sea_level_rise_2012-01-19/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:07:15 -0500 A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1863/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1863/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:45:02 -0500 You probably know this old riddle: Why did the chicken cross the road? http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1862/tunnel_vision_cameras_snap_critters_crossing_under_roads_2012-01-18/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1862/tunnel_vision_cameras_snap_critters_crossing_under_roads_2012-01-18/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:36:53 -0500 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1861/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1861/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:31:08 -0500 Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the worst places in the entire Chesapeake Bay when it comes to water quality. Even so, the city is developing a strategy to make it swimmable by 2020. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1860/baltimore_aims_to_make_inner_harbor_swimmable_by_2020_2011-12-22/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1860/baltimore_aims_to_make_inner_harbor_swimmable_by_2020_2011-12-22/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:42:33 -0500 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1859/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1859/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:35:01 -0500 NEW ORLEANS — A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1858/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1858/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:24:53 -0500 NEW ORLEANS—A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1857/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1857/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-12/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:13:33 -0500 A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned the entire southern portion of the state into one of the nation's most vulnerable regions to sea level rise. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1856/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-13/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1856/bold_plan_proposed_to_save_coastal_louisiana_2012-01-13/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:49:27 -0500 For all the scientific scrutiny of the Chesapeake Bay, there still are many unanswered questions. http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1855/seeking_answers_to_questions_about_bay_crabs_clams_fish_2012-01-11/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1855/seeking_answers_to_questions_about_bay_crabs_clams_fish_2012-01-11/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:04:30 -0500 So how did the chicken cross the road? Or the raccoon, Virginia opossum, woodchuck, red fox, white-tailed deer or great blue heron? http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1854/wildlife_find_path_to_safety_under_us_roads_2012-01-02/ http://ian.umces.edu/news/article/1854/wildlife_find_path_to_safety_under_us_roads_2012-01-02/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:35:48 -0500