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The Easton Star Democrat (Fri 25 Mar, 2011)
Horn Point Lab offers weekly lectures on Bay science
Staff quoted: Laura Murray, Roger Newell, Court Stevenson, Mutt Meritt, Bill Boicourt
Learn more about the science of Chesapeake Bay during a free lecture series offered by Horn Point Laboratory Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. through April 28 in the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Laboratory (AREL) Lecture Hall at Horn Point.
The Easton Star Democrat (Thu 3 Mar, 2011)
Horn Point sets Bay lectures
Staff quoted: Mike Roman, Tom Fisher, Laura Murray, Roger Newell, Court Stevenson, Mutt Meritt, Bill Boicourt
CAMBRIDGE - Horn Point Laboratory is launching a new community program designed to make the science of the Chesapeake Bay as accessible as its beauty.
WSCL's "On Delmarva" Radio Program (Wed 2 Mar, 2011)
Dr. Court Stevenson on Climate Change and the Bay
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
Dr. Court Stevenson has been studying the Chesapeake Bay since the early 1970's, and he joins us to discuss how the Bay has changed, how climate change will affect the Bay, and what predictions for rising sea level will mean for our communities here in Maryland. (Audio)
The Baltimore Sun (Sun 16 Jan, 2011)
Port dredging helps reclaim vanishing island
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
POPLAR ISLAND — While most of the Chesapeake Bay's islands are slowly vanishing beneath the waves, one not far from Baltimore is staging a remarkable renaissance.
The Baltimore Sun (Sat 23 Oct, 2010)
Holland Island home's demise marks 'end of era'
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
WENONA — For 15 years, Stephen White battled the elements. But time and tide have claimed another remnant of the Chesapeake Bay's fading maritime culture.
The Salisbury Daily Times (Sun 14 Feb, 2010)
Science 'beginning to understand' what ills bay: Daylong seminar serves as 40-year retrospective
Staff quoted: Michael Kemp, Court Stevenson
SALISBURY -- Scientific experts on the Chesapeake Bay told an audience at Salisbury University on Saturday what most who gathered already knew:
The Salisbury Daily Times (Fri 12 Feb, 2010)
SU hosts Chesapeake forum
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
SALISBURY — The most studied body of water on earth has gotten the most attention from a handful of scientists whose careers in Chesapeake Bay research span nearly 40 years.
Bay Journal (Tue 1 Dec, 2009)
Arthur Pierce Middleton's life was part of the history he wrote about
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
When I read Arthur Pierce Middleton's marvelous book, "Tobacco Coast, a Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era," I considered it a touchstone in understanding our past and the forces that initiated changes in the Chesapeake forever. When L. Eugene Cronin, then director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium, offered to introduce us over lunch back in the mid-1990s, I was delighted at the unexpected opportunity.
BBC America (Wed 28 Jan, 2009)
Moment of Change: The Environment (Video)
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
In the third of our series, 'Moment of Change' we investigate the hurdles that the Obama administration will have in implementing a successful environmental policy. (4:43)
Washington Post News Service (Fri 29 Aug, 2008)
Md., Va. set climate change plan
Staff quoted: Don Boesch, Court Stevenson
WASHINGTON --Climate change could profoundly alter the weather, animal life and even the very shape of Maryland during the next century, making heat waves deadlier and leaving one corner of the Eastern Shore under water, a state-appointed commission said Wednesday.