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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "sea level rise"

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

The race to reverse the saltmarsh sparrow's decline

December 6, 2024

The fate of a species depends on saving its waterlogged habitat

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A saltmarsh sparrow is held by a researcher.

Is the Chesapeake Bay’s water rising or is the land sinking?

February 7, 2023

How the Chesapeake Bay is susceptible to both sea level rise and land subsidence.

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Blue car drives through a heavily flooded street.

Maximizing a short supply of black duck habitat

December 17, 2021

Chesapeake 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, 2020

Federal 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, 2020

James Island has shrunk dramatically, but will soon be restored

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The secretive eastern black rail is losing vital habitat

April 5, 2019

Development and climate change threaten marsh birds

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Rising seas lead to rising costs

March 18, 2019

Study finds nuisance flooding creates significant impacts for Annapolis, Md. businesses

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National Climate Assessment details impacts of changing climate

December 11, 2018

Chesapeake region is working to become more resilient

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New United Nations report states significant efforts needed to limit warming

November 19, 2018

Chesapeake region not immune to climate impacts

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Portrait of an Island Part I: What used to be home

June 20, 2018

Like its neighbor Holland Island, Deal Island is fighting the tides

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