Tagged Stories: "monitoring"
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Bridging the gap between modeling and monitoring
May 14, 2024The new Bay TMDL Indicator refines how water quality in the Chesapeake watershed is measured
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The Bay Program revamps the Chesapeake Healthy Watershed Assessment
February 20, 2024Explore conditions across the watershed with this updated tool
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10 reasons to be hopeful about the Chesapeake Bay in 2024
January 19, 2024Rebounding oysters, shrinking dead zones and unprecedented funding gives us hope
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Recent data show a slight dip in the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality
October 17, 2023Monitoring stations across the watershed show mixed results in the amount of pollution measured
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Six key programs that monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
April 17, 2023Detecting changes over time guides environmental protection
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My Clean Water Story: Peter Tango
November 18, 2022Our monitoring coordinator is still trying to scratch the “water quality itch”
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Bay’s dead zone is predicted to be 13% smaller this summer
June 28, 2022Thank cooler temperatures and less rainfall for a below average hypoxia forecast
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Getting to know the guardians of the Severn River
June 24, 2021Every summer, you can find the Severn River Association patrolling its 51 monitoring stations
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Taking a deeper dive on oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay
September 29, 2020New monitoring technology is helping scientists better estimate dead zones
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Smaller-than-normal dead zone predicted for the Chesapeake in 2020
June 17, 2020Below-average spring rainfall brings less nitrogen pollution into the Bay
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