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Recent News: #nitrogen

  • October 28, 2020

    Thanks to the weather and efforts to reduce pollution, the 2020 dead zone remains small

    Experts estimate dead zone is the seventh smallest in the past 35 years

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  • August 07, 2020

    Wastewater treatment plant upgrades help reduce nitrogen pollution entering the Bay

    Sediment pollution also declines, thanks in part to the efforts of our farmers

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  • June 17, 2020

    Smaller-than-normal dead zone predicted for the Chesapeake in 2020

    Below-average spring rainfall brings less nitrogen pollution into the Bay

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  • May 13, 2020

    Chesapeake Bay water quality declines by four percentage points

    Record amount of freshwater contributed to lower score

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  • September 24, 2018

    What this summer’s rainfall could mean for the Bay

    Record-high water flows test the Bay’s resilience

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  • April 24, 2017

    Oyster shells show evidence of early human pollution of Chesapeake Bay

    Humans have dramatically increased nitrogen in the estuary since the early 19th century, study finds

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  • November 10, 2016

    E-Z Acres makes stream-friendly farming look, well, easy

    A family farm far from the Chesapeake keeps water clean for its community

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  • September 23, 2016

    Maryland farmer develops solution for agriculture runoff

    Sam Owings combined his experience as a farmer and developer to address agriculture runoff

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  • April 29, 2016

    By the Numbers: 570,000

    The area, in square miles, encompassed by the Chesapeake Bay airshed

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  • April 18, 2016

    Data show drop in estimated nutrient, sediment loads entering Chesapeake Bay

    Computer simulations track partner progress toward clean water goals

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