Tagged Stories: "sea level rise"
The race to reverse the saltmarsh sparrow's decline
December 6, 2024The fate of a species depends on saving its waterlogged habitat
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Is the Chesapeake Bay’s water rising or is the land sinking?
February 7, 2023How the Chesapeake Bay is susceptible to both sea level rise and land subsidence.
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Maximizing a short supply of black duck habitat
December 17, 2021Chesapeake Bay Program launches a habitat vulnerability tool
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Local government and climate experts convene to problem solve on community flooding
October 20, 2020Federal funding, collaboration, environmental justice and more examined at the 2020 Local Government Forum
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A scientist’s decades-long portrait of a vanishing Chesapeake island
January 22, 2020James Island has shrunk dramatically, but will soon be restored
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The secretive eastern black rail is losing vital habitat
April 5, 2019Development and climate change threaten marsh birds
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Rising seas lead to rising costs
March 18, 2019Study finds nuisance flooding creates significant impacts for Annapolis, Md. businesses
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National Climate Assessment details impacts of changing climate
December 11, 2018Chesapeake region is working to become more resilient
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New United Nations report states significant efforts needed to limit warming
November 19, 2018Chesapeake region not immune to climate impacts
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Portrait of an Island Part I: What used to be home
June 20, 2018Like its neighbor Holland Island, Deal Island is fighting the tides
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