July 3, 2018
Down to Earth With: Paleobiologist Rowan Lockwood
In 1608, Captain John Smith noted that oysters “lay as thick as stones” on the floor of the Chesapeake Bay. The shell reefs — built up by …
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July 18, 2014
Ancient seawater found in Chesapeake Bay impact crater
When the bolide struck in the Late Eocene, it shattered the bedrock, truncated aquifers and left a crater roughly twice the size of Rhode Island …
March 19, 2014
The Chesapeake Bay gets some good news
By Mary Caperton Morton The Chesapeake Bay watershed is the largest on the Atlantic seaboard, encompassing most of Maryland and Virginia, along …
January 5, 2012
Travels in Geology: Chesapeake Bay, from impact craters to executive orders
The lower part of the Chesapeake Bay offers more than crab cakes and boating. Today, the bay is central to one of country’s largest environmental …