On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, an evergreen forest that’s never ventured so far north is slowly gaining a toehold in fields where until recently… Read Story
In a legislative session cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland lawmakers approved a ban on an agricultural pesticide and passed a ha… Read Story
In Virginia, climate change is about as welcome as ants at a picnic. But across a portion of the state’s southeast, ants are part of the problem. Read Story
The Chesapeake Bay and other environmental issues had more floor time — and legislative changes — than they have in years during Virginia’s 60… Read Story
Climate change will fuel heavier downpours and deeper floodwaters on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, according to one of the first detailed looks at… Read Story
If it has seemed warmer than usual lately in the mid-Atlantic, you aren’t wrong. Read Story
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This is the third article in a 3-part series, A sea change in action: Bay states plan for future climate, providing an overview of state-level… Read Story
This is the second in a 3-part series, A sea change in action: Bay states plan for future climate, providing an overview of state-level climat… Read Story
This is the first in a 3-part series, A sea change in action: Bay states plan for future climate, providing an overview of state-level climate… Read Story
As rising seas drive saltwater farther inland, Maryland officials are urging local governments, drinking water suppliers, farmers and others t… Read Story
Maryland and Virginia lawmakers are gearing up for renewed debate in the coming weeks over renewable energy and how their states should deal w… Read Story
In coastal Virginia, sea level rise often steals the headlines as the culprit behind increased flooding. But there’s at least one other climat… Read Story
When the tide bubbles up from storm sewers, turning her neighborhood into a Western Hemisphere version of Venice, Christina Laughlin starts na… Read Story
The 12-month “water year” that ended September 30 had the highest river flows into the Chesapeake Bay since such monitoring began 82 years ago… Read Story
Autumn leaf peepers in Chesapeake Bay states may be disappointed by more muted colors because of climate change, scientists say. Read Story
This is the way the Fox Island Environmental Education Center ends: not with a gale or wrecking ball, but with the slow inevitability of wind … Read Story
Throughout history, wherever there has been industry, there has been a waterway. Read Story
A federal court has dealt another setback to a hotly disputed pipeline project that would ship natural gas through Western Maryland and beneat… Read Story
Portions of the Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grass meadows appear to be headed for steep declines this year, a delayed response to the torrenti… Read Story
The Chesapeake Bay continued to be on the receiving end of high river flows in July. The flows have been higher than normal for 13 out of the … Read Story
The Trump administration announced sweeping regulatory rollbacks Monday to the Endangered Species Act, drawing outcry from environmental group… Read Story
Ravaged twice in two years by killer flash floods, Ellicott City, MD, is embarking on an ambitious and costly race against time to shield the … Read Story
The full impact of last year’s high flows on the Chesapeake’s underwater grasses, one of the Bay’s most critical habitats, remains murky as sc… Read Story
As floodwaters rose last year, so did records across the Chesapeake Bay region. Read Story
As sea-level rise increasingly becomes part of public discourse and the public agenda, the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences is ramping up… Read Story
Bob Fitzgerald and his ancestors have farmed the same land on Maryland’s Eastern Shore off and on since 1666. He will be the last. Read Story
As Maryland’s climate changes, a new training initiative is striving to make sure that local governments and other organizations don’t fall behind. Read Story
Ever had trouble picturing how climate change could alter the quality of life in your community? Now there’s a map for that. Read Story
This year’s persistent high river flows into the Bay prompted many of those working on Chesapeake issues to ask the question: “Is this the new… Read Story
A landmark U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report in 2017 called for $1.8 billion in projects to protect Virginia’s second-largest city from sea … Read Story
A new report warns that Maryland will face a dramatic increase in the rate of sea level rise later this century, with nuisance flooding becomi… Read Story
For the Chesapeake, 2018 was a year of mud, trash and sewage as unrelenting rainfall washed across its vast watershed, sending unusually high … Read Story
A half-submerged tree trunk bobbed in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Read Story
Forests worldwide are using up the nitrogen in their soil, a new study found. That’s a bit of good news for the Chesapeake Bay, which is ailin… Read Story
Climate change and erosion are taking steady punches at shorelines in the Chesapeake Bay region, slashing away soil and threatening the struct… Read Story
The planet has been warming amid a largely unchecked rise of greenhouse gas emissions. But what are the local effects of a changing climate? Read Story
The sand dunes that used to line the western shoreline of Deal Island are almost all gone. So are the trees that stood behind them on this low… Read Story
Summer ended much as it began across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, drenched in rain that swelled rivers and streams. The abnormal run of chron… Read Story
And now, a kind word about one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most hated invasive plants: phragmites. Read Story
Tangier Island is getting some state and federal help in its long-running battle against the Chesapeake Bay’s punishing waves. But officials s… Read Story
Up to her chest in muddy water, Cassie Gurbisz had a clear realization. Read Story
As repair crews labored to clear mud and debris from Ellicott City’s Main Street in late May, Jonathan Dillow led a team of scientists through… Read Story
Only on Smith Island would someone get choked up about a jetty, a constructed wall of stones that functions like a bulwark against waves and w… Read Story
States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed have agreed to write plans later this year that will acknowledge the extent to which climate change wil… Read Story
Beth Woodruff keeps a “go” bag packed in her home — spare clothing and essentials in case she has to flee at a moment’s notice. Read Story
The little Cow Knob salamander, with its wide eyes and gentle grin, stared down a giant energy company and forced it to detour its proposed na… Read Story
The Chesapeake cleanup effort is facing major headwinds that threaten the region’s longstanding goal to implement by 2025 all of the actions n… Read Story
Maryland’s legislative leaders delighted environmental advocates Thursday by vowing to strengthen the state’s forest conservation law, increas… Read Story
Declaring that the need for states to work together to fight climate change “grows stronger every day,” Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday t… Read Story