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Posted November 9, 2022
Tuesday, 11/15/2022: Chesapeake Reflections: What We’ve Learned During the Past 50 Years and Where We Need to Go in the Future (Free UMCES Seminar/Webinar)
Presented by Dr. Walter Boynton, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Dr. Walter Boynton, Professor Emeritus at UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, is an internationally recognized expert in estuarine science and restoration. Throughout his career, he has experienced the pleasures and challenges of trying to better understand how these wonderful estuaries work, what…
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Posted November 2, 2022
Tuesday, 11/08/2022: Long Time, No Sea: Bottlenose Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay (Free UMCES Seminar/Webinar)
Presented by Jamie Testa, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Chesapeake DolphinWatch launched its app in 2017 to engage Bay residents and visitors in a research program studying when dolphins visit Chesapeake Bay and where they go. Since then, the DolphinWatch team has gathered incredible information on dolphin presence, distribution, and behavior…
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Posted October 25, 2022
Tuesday, 11/01/2022: Fear for the Turtle? Climate Change and Maryland’s Diamondback Terrapins (FREE UMCES SEMINAR)
Presented by Dr. Chris Rowe, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Come hear about Maryland’s state reptile and the challenges it faces as the climate continues to warm. Based on recent and ongoing studies, Dr. Chris Rowe will discuss how nest temperatures affect terrapins during development and how sea level…
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Posted October 21, 2022
Tuesday, 11/01/2022: Fear for the Turtle? Climate Change and Maryland’s Diamondback Terrapins (Free Seminar/Webinar)
Presented by Dr. Chris Rowe, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Come hear about Maryland’s state reptile and the challenges it faces as the climate continues to warm. Based on recent and ongoing studies, Dr. Chris Rowe will discuss how nest temperatures affect terrapins during development and how sea level rise is…
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Posted October 14, 2022
Tuesday, 10/25/2022: Hanging On by a Scute: Maryland’s Sturgeon up a Creek (Free Seminar)
Presented by Dr. Dave Secor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Sturgeons coexisted with dinosaurs, and survived asteroid blasts and glacial eras. The conundrum of sturgeon is that despite their evolutionary resilience, they are particularly sensitive to human impacts. In this seminar, Dr. Dave Secor will introduce how Atlantic sturgeon, once thought…
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Posted October 11, 2022
Tuesday, 10/18/2022: Crabs in Crisis Again? Current And Future Challenges in Managing Blue Crab – Free Seminar
Presented by Dr. Tom Miller, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Chesapeake Biological Laboratory The 2022 surveys for blue crab in the Chesapeake Bay continue to give cause for concern. In this lecture we will explore what we know about blue crab in the Chesapeake, what might be causing the patterns we observe and what…
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Posted May 19, 2022
Sunday, 06/12/2022: Patuxent River Wade-In (St. Leonard, MD)
Wade into the waters of the Patuxent River to establish this year’s “Sneaker Index,” an indicator of water clarity that helps to raise awareness of the health of the Patuxent. With the support of his family, we celebrate the legacy of Senator Bernie Fowler at the 35th year of the Patuxent River Wade-In! This event…
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Posted April 13, 2022
Tuesday, 04/26/2022: Urban Seascaping: Principles and Practices for Co-Developing Cities with Shared Waters (free webinar)
Climate adaptation science focuses on the assessment of sea force versus community values. In this webinar, Dr. Kirchner will present indigenous practices of managing land for water and heritage conservation from the Pacific Ocean, Arabia, and Persia. Dr. Kirchner will discuss the need to widen the approach taken by resource managers and scientists beyond individual…
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Posted April 7, 2022
Tuesday, 04/19/2022: The Keystone Molecule: What Oxygen and its Depletion Tells Us About Coastal Ecosystems (free webinar)
Dissolved oxygen is a keystone molecule in aquatic environments. It is produced by photosynthesis to support food webs, it controls the recycling of key nutrients, and it is essential to the health and survival of most animals. As a consequence, our understanding of oxygen is central to our understanding of coastal ecology. This presentation explores…
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Posted April 7, 2022
Tuesday, 04/12/2022: Metals in Urban Estuaries
Contamination of the Chesapeake Bay and its waters extends beyond nutrients. Organic chemicals, “heavy metals” and trace elements once readily flowed into our urban waters unfettered, a practice clearly evident in our coastal sediments. While at lower concentrations than in the past, heavy metals continue to enter our coastal waterways, and urban expansion and climate…
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Posted March 31, 2022
Tuesday, 04/05/2022: Solutions to Ship Introductions of Invasive Species
Presented By Dr. Mario Tamburri, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory Commercial ships transport over 80% of the world’s goods and materials and are fundamental to global economies. Unfortunately, large ocean-going ships are also, by far, the largest vector for the introduction and establishment of aquatic invasive species in coastal waters around the world, including the Chesapeake…
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Posted March 18, 2022
Tuesday, 03/29/2022: World Harbour Project: Linking Urban Ocean Initiatives Around the Globe
World Harbour Project: Linking Urban Ocean Initiatives Around the Globe Presented By Dr. Judy O’Neil, UMCES Horn Point Laboratory The “World Harbour Project” has created a global network of cities and linked research programs to investigate urban harbor health and ecosystem functioning. Launched in 2014 by Australia’s Sydney Institute of Marine Science, the program now…