The critical population of Chesapeake Bay oysters is on the mend, after numbers decreased due to over harvesting, habitat ...

New University of Maryland-led research reveals that the Chesapeake Bay has seen "significant increases" in annual marine heat waves ... satellite observations to map out heat waves over 20 ...

'Dead zone' impacts Chesapeake Bay fishes Date: July 8, 2013 Source: Virginia Institute of Marine Science Summary: A 10-year study provides the first quantitative evidence on a bay-wide scale that ...

Published in the journal Estuaries and Coasts, the study leveraged long-term satellite observations to map out heat ... variability of marine heatwaves in the Chesapeake Bay,” was published ...

Scientists are now identifying more frequent and extreme marine heat waves ... allowed scientists to map out temperature changes across the entire Bay. "The Chesapeake is one of the largest ...

according to the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, an annual project carried out jointly by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, and the Virginia Institute of Marine ...

Chesapeake Bay blue crab populations fell again, hitting the second-lowest number since Virginia and Maryland marine scientists began counting in 1990, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources ...

Throughout the survey, biologists use dredge equipment to capture, measure, record and release blue crabs at 1,500 sites throughout the Chesapeake Bay from December through March. DNR said the ...

Each winter, scientists from Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources head out on the Chesapeake Bay and drag baskets along the bottom and count the ...

The free music festival runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features a variety of musical styles. They range from classical and ...

The Chesapeake Bay is the healthiest it's been in a long time, according to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The center's 2024 Report Card gave the bay a C+ ...