“Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being near, in, on, or under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do”
By Wallace J. Nichols.
Little Brown & Company, New York,...
“Virginia Climate Fever”
By Stephen Nash
University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville. 2014.
Looking for fast-paced, well-written book to read this winter? One with a story arc from the ancient geologic epochs to our modern...
“Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation”
By Dan Fagin
Bantam Books, New York. 2013.
Every few years, a science or environmental book comes along that’s so well-written that it not only reaches a broad audience,...
If the winter weather prevents you from getting out on the Chesapeake or enjoying other natural resources throughout the watershed, do not despair. There are plenty of books about the Bay, its watershed and history that you can enjoy from the...
The Chesapeake: An Environmental BiographyBy John R. WennerstenMaryland Historical Society, 2001
For many people, the degradation of the Chesapeake is a recent phenomenon, starting sometime after World War II and accelerating in recent...
In the early 1950s, the Johns Hopkins Chesapeake Bay Institute, was involved in a long-term project to collect a database of hydrographic readings: temperature, salinity, tide, wind, depth in an effort to understand how the estuary worked as...