Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary (186 mi [300 km] long) in the United States. The Bay was formed 1500 years ago by the retreat of glaciers and the subsequent sea level rise t...
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The Chesapeake Bay's health is going from bad to worse, according to an environmental group that graded the bay's health a "D" for the ninth consecutive year.The Chesapeake Bay Foundation gave the ...
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The Chesapeake Bay is in pitiful condition despite restoration efforts, according to two reports released Wednesday by the University of Maryland and a federal-state partnership charged with bay cl...
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A runaway trailer started a chain-reaction crash on the Chesapeake Bay bridge, killing three people and injuring five others as dozens of vehicles swerved to avoid it, authorities said.As crumpled ...
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It's the same old, same old for the Chesapeake Bay this summer _ poor water quality and no prospects of likely recovery in key indicators of the bay's health.The Chesapeake Bay Program released Mon...
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Billions of dollars have been spent to restore the polluted Chesapeake Bay since the rallying cry "Save The Bay" was plastered on a popular blue-and-white bumper sticker 30 years ago.But for the sc...
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Billions of dollars have been spent to restore the polluted Chesapeake Bay since the rallying cry "Save The Bay" was plastered on a popular blue-and-white bumper sticker 30 years ago.But for the sc...
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A burst of brown algae bloomed over portions of the Elizabeth and Lafayette rivers in the Hampton Roads region _ a so-called "mahogany tide" that can have lethal consequences for fish and shellfish...
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Scientists studying intersex fish in the Potomac River basin have found the abnormality for the first time in redbreast sunfish, the third species affected by the mysterious phenomenon, a federal f...
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Minnows exposed to samples of red tide from waters in southeastern Virginia and the lower Chesapeake Bay died within hours, scientists report.The findings are the first indication the burgundy-hued...
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Chesapeake Bay
Group: Chesapeake Bay health worsening
