Underwater grass beds in the Chesapeake Bay region expanded for the third consecutive year in 2023, reaching the seventh-highest level observed in four decades of monitoring. The news was especially ...
The amount of underwater grasses surveyed in the Chesapeake Bay increased 7% from 2022 to 2023, continuing a steady improvement from a damaging year in 2019. The total from 2023 — 82,937 acres — is ...
Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay are on the rebound, but environmentalists say more needs to be done to improve the health of the bay and meet upcoming goals. The Chesapeake Bay Program ...
Meeting the Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grass restoration goal could soon get more difficult. The state-federal Bay Program partnership may increase its goal for underwater grasses, an important ...
The gently waving underwater grasses of the Chesapeake Bay continue to recover after heavy rains destroyed almost half their volume in 2018 and 2019. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science recently ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — In 2024, the amount of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay dropped slightly, down 1% from the previous year, despite growth in most parts of the Bay. Scientists mapped 82,778 ...
Researcher Judy O'Neil dons a wetsuit, a snorkel and goggles, and jumps into one of the Chesapeake Bay's most important ecosystems: the vast underwater grass beds of the Susquehanna Flats. But O'Neil ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) reported that underwater grasses in the Rappahannock River have made a significant increase in the past year, and continue to climb.
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