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Riparian Buffer on Swan Creek
Riparian Buffer
Sillery Bay, in the Mahogathy River
Sillery Bay
Waterfront properties on Back River, Maryland
Waterfront Property
Waterfront properties on Back River, Maryland
Waterfront Property
Waterfront properties on Back River, Maryland
Waterfront Property
The Arctic is a region that presents particularly challenging conditions for the oil industry and for responders due to the increasingly extreme weather conditions (cold, ice, hurricane force winds) and remote location with limited response infrastructure.
Arctic Drilling
The second line of defense for the workers and the well to prevent a blowout is the group of equipment called blowout preventers (BOPs). BOPs and associated valves are installed on top of the casing head before drilling ahead after rigging up. These high-pressure safety valves and associated equipment are designed to shut off the well hole and prevent the escape of the underground fluids and prevent a blowout from occurring.
Blowout Preventer
Positioned by multiple vessels, an attempt to contain an oil spill is made using temporary floating booms. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. Booms help to concentrate oil in thicker surface layers so that skimmers, vacuums, or other collection methods can be used more effectively.
Oil Spill Containment
Illustration of a healthy stream ecosystem with ephemeral pools.
Stream 3D: healthy
Illustration of a stream with stream bank erosion, poor water quality, and poor air quality.
Stream 3D: unhealthy
Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster.
Life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Conceptual diagram illustrating several of the sources of pollution to nearshore waters in the Florida Keys.
Sources of pollution to nearshore waters in the…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the ecosystem of the southern portion of the Florida peninsula.
South Florida peninsula habitat
Lonely boat on the shores of Chase Pond along Claibourne Road in the Annapolis Roads community of Ananpolis, Maryland
A Lonely Boat
Conceptual diagram illustrating what a waterfront owner can do to protect their property from climate change. Existing structures can be elevated in low-lying areas, and eco-friendly living shorelines can be implemented, to lessen climate change effects like flooding.
Elevation and Living Shoreline
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
American dune grass found on the beaches of Assateague Island, Maryland
Dune Grass
Canvasbacks taking to flight on the Choptank River
Aythya valisineria (Canvasback) in flight
Illustration of a 2D coastline with nearshore reef.
Coastline 2D: nearshore reef
Triptych comparison of a river mouth, showing a pristine environment (left) with subsequent sediment, nutrients, and toxin inputs leading to an unhealthy and unproductive environment with a hardened shoreline (right).
Estuary 3D: River Mouth Triptych
Comparison illustration of sea level rise in an estuary, showing shoreline erosion, immersion, and changes within the river mouth.
Estuary 3D: Sea-level rise diptych
The killdeer is the most widespread of all California shorebirds, but ranges from southeast Alaska to central Mexico, as well as the West Indies and Peru. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
The ocean provides a wealth of services that directly benefit human well-being. Over half the worlds population lives within 100 miles of a coastline, and 20 of the 30 largest cities in the world are coastal. There is increasing access to remote areas, and there are important connections between human well-being and the marine environment. The most widely recognized marine ecosystem services are discussed.
Ecosystem services of the ocean
Rocky coastline of Maui
Rocky coast of Maui
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