The Underground Underwater project will create an immersive exhibit that tells the story of how waterways, marshes, and forests were important parts of Harriet Tubman’s world and show how they are being impacted by climate change. Working in collaboration with the Harriet Tubman Freedom Center, Maryland Department of Transportation, and VRCOLAB, IAN will create habitat maps and graphics of the Ben Ross Homesite and Thompson Quarter for the past, present, and future.

Plastic pollution is a persistent and widespread feature of nearly all ecosystems today and poses a risk to both human and animal life. The extent of plastic pollution has not yet been quantified nor characterized for the Chesapeake Bay. Ocean Research Project, an Annapolis-based nonprofit, will fill this knowledge gap by spearheading the first-ever plastic survey of the Chesapeake Bay.