The Chesapeake Bay’s dead zone began forming in late April and peaked in June and July. Strong winds from Hurricane Debby in early August mixed oxygen into deeper waters, contributing to a ...

American Rivers' annual report includes 10 rivers that hold significance to people and nature, or are threatened by climate ...

After Baltimore settles pollution lawsuits, Maryland officials report progress at the two treatment plants and announce community projects that are part of the consent decree.

Through his travels, Smith discovered that while the Chesapeake might not contain ... scientists declared some 35 percent of the bay proper a "dead zone," with too little oxygen to support life.

Dead trees keep a surprising amount ... called inner riparian zones — something policymakers in the Chesapeake Bay region have pursued. “That inner zone must be strictly protected and ...

Lexington Park is a small town of less than 15,000 people around 60 miles southeast of Washington D.C. on the Chesapeake Bay, right next ... as he knelt in the end zone and blew a kiss toward ...

Over the last 40 years, the number of identified dead zones has risen from less than 50 to over 400. Millions of tons of food and millions of dollars are lost each year as a result of hypoxic events.

But I also disagree strongly with those who say that we should just roll over and play dead, because they’re going to do ... big legislative victories on things like cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, ...

Lexington Park is a small town of less than 15,000 people around 60 miles southeast of Washington D.C. on the Chesapeake Bay, right next ... as he knelt in the end zone and blew a kiss toward ...

From the catastrophic to the microscopic, just about everything man makes affects the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, ...