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Rethink your campus as a waterway -- Anacostia, Cheseapeake, and Beyond
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A survey finds many residents eat their catch despite the risks created by pollution in the river. Delete the scoop?
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Reservoirs near the mouth of the Susquehanna River just above Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S. are nearly at capacity in their ability to trap sediment. Delete the scoop?
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A portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is over a million years old. Delete the scoop?
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Reversing a Century of Neglect on the AnacostiaCampus Progress“The river also contains a surprisingly high amount of animal waste,” said Brent Bolin, a spokesman for the Anacostia Watershed Society.
History includes discussion of Kingman and Heritage Islands in the Anacostia. Delete the scoop?
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Sea level along Chesapeake rising faster than efforts to mitigate itThe Chesapeake Bay JournalSeveral years ago, more than a dozen scientists from across the watershed established the Chesapeake Bay Inundation System, which combined tide and wind... Delete the scoop?
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USDepartment of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 teams each produced a video walk-through to highlight their house design and provide an accurate look at the interior. Delete the scoop?
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National GeographicDid the Chesapeake Bay Turn the Corner in 2011?National Geographic2011 may go down in history as the turning point for the Chesapeake Bay. Delete the scoop?
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Researchers are one step closer to understanding the algae that causes a substantial number of fish deaths in more than 18 states. Delete the scoop?
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Groundwater provides drinking water for millions of Americans and is the primary source of water to irrigate cropland in many of the nations most productive agricultural settings. Delete the scoop?
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We use watersheds as pollution dilution sinks. Importan work on antibiotic resistance.
A river that runs through Colorado's plains carries two different genes that protect microbes from antibiotics. Delete the scoop?
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Increased salinity and concentrations of trace elements in one West Virginia watershed have been tied directly to multiple surface coal mines upstream by a detailed new survey of stream chemistry. Delete the scoop?
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Reducing the runoff from plant nutrients that can eventually wash into the Chesapeake Bay could someday be as easy as checking the weather forecast. Delete the scoop?
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Baltimore SunO'Malley 'flush' fee increase may fall shortBaltimore Sun... needed throughout Maryland to restore the Chesapeake, state officials say. Delete the scoop?
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Herman Daly, formerly of the UMCP Policy School, founded ecological economics with a handful of brethren/sistren economists. Worth reading, as sustainability economics is likely, at the very heart, not a growth economics. Delete the scoop?
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Dam demolition now the preferred method for creating fish passagesThe Chesapeake Bay JournalBy Karl Blankenship Bay states removed 11 dams in the Chesapeake watershed during the past year, opening 148 miles of river habitat to migratory fish,... Delete the scoop?
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States submit draft strategies to clean waterThe Chesapeake Bay JournalStates in mid-December began turning in first drafts of new Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans - or WIPS - that will guide cleanup efforts through 2017 and ultimately... Delete the scoop?
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Our New Year's resolution for 2012 should be to improve our public dialogue about Chesapeake Bay restoration. Instead of public arguments, recriminations, and debates about the watershed models, we should be talking ... Delete the scoop?
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