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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "nitrogen"

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Bridging the gap between modeling and monitoring

May 14, 2024

The new Bay TMDL Indicator refines how water quality in the Chesapeake watershed is measured

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What we’ve learned from exploring a century of nitrogen pollution

June 6, 2022

Bay Program partners collaborate on an award-winning report

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

October 28, 2020

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

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Wastewater treatment plant upgrades help reduce nitrogen pollution entering the Bay

August 7, 2020

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

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

June 17, 2020

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

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Chesapeake Bay water quality declines by four percentage points

May 13, 2020

Record amount of freshwater contributed to lower score

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What this summer’s rainfall could mean for the Bay

September 24, 2018

Record-high water flows test the Bay’s resilience

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Oyster shells show evidence of early human pollution of Chesapeake Bay

April 24, 2017

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

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

November 10, 2016

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

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Maryland farmer develops solution for agriculture runoff

September 23, 2016

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

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