Bay Journal - Opinion

‘Feeling blue’ might just be the cure for all that ails us

“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,...

Leslie Middleton
April 27, 2015
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Required reading for anyone who cares about VA’s future

“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...

Leslie Middleton
February 17, 2015
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May an unforgettable book like this never have to be written again

“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,...

Rona Kobell
January 26, 2015
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Bring the Chesapeake and its watershed indoors with a book this winter

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...

Staff and Wire Reports
January 01, 2011
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Bring a Book to the Beach, or Bring the Bay into Your Home with these Books

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...

Opinion
July 01, 2006
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This book may soon be all that's left of Bay islands swallowed by rising sealevel

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...

Kent Mountford
March 01, 2006
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