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Arrow representing conductivity inputs or flows
Inputs: conductivity
Arrow to indicate trash inputs
Inputs: trash
Pyrodinium bahamense, considered the sister taxon to Alexandrium, is a tropical euryhaline dinoflagellate found mainly in the Atlantic Ocean. P. bahamense is a major cause of seafood toxicity and cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning, especially in Southeast Asia.
Pyrodinium bahamense
Shallow creek in Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Shallow creek
Shallow creek in Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Shallow creek
Shallow creek in Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Shallow creek
Small waterfall in Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Small waterfall
Small waterfall in Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Small waterfall
Front view illustration of American Water Lotus flower (Nelumbo lutea).
Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : flower 1
Side-view illustration of American Water Lotus flower (Nelumbo lutea).
Nelumbo lutea (American Water Lotus) : flower 2
Illustration of White Water Lily flower (Nymphaea odorata flower).
Nymphaea odorata (White Water Lily) : flower
Conceptual diagram illustrating preparations for the effects of climate change: Elevating and moving houses and utilities away from flood plain boundaries make them less vulnerable to storms and may lower flood insurance rates. Rather than building a concrete levy to protect property, consider a natural shoreline that offers the same benefit.
Adaptation to Climate Change
Natural fiber logs for sale at a local hardware store in Cambridge MD. These logs are designed to be used in constructing a natural
Fiber logs
Conceptual diagram illustrating the mean sea level trends at Ocean City, MD and Norfolk, VA. Source: tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Local Sea Level Trends
Conceptual diagram illustrating a hardened shoreline vs a natural shoreline. The hardened shoreline has concrete rip-rap or a sea wall. It can be very costly and can also interrupt natural shoreline processes and sand movement that can lead to increased erosion downdrift from the structure. A natural shoreline incorporates native vegetation with a buffer strip of sand and/or fiber logs. It filters runoff and traps sediment, actually widening the beach, and providing valuable shoreline habitat for wildlife.
Shoreline erosion control
Illustration of a bulk cutter, used for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: bulk cutter
Tool to mine the sea floor.
Deep sea mining: seafloor mining tool
Illustration of a support vessel for deep sea mining.
Deep sea mining: support vessel
Common grass found on the Mid-Atlantic barrier island, Assateague Island, Maryland.
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium)
Illustration of a volcanic island with reef, waterfall and atoll
Reef 3D: volcanic island with waterfall and atoll
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
Even without a storm present, a full-moon high tide and the low Eastern Shore of Maryland can combine to flood roads, utilities, and waterfront properties.
Flooding, Eastern Shore, MD
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