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USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities (CBA) shares its findings with press releases from the USGS Newsroom shown below. Results from USGS CBA and partners are also highlighted in news and video articles.

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March 28, 2022

President Proposes $1.7 Billion FY 2023 Budget for USGS

The FY 2023 Presidential Budget Request promotes science to address climate change, natural resource conservation, and natural hazard mitigation while...

December 13, 2021

Nutrient pollution in Bay’s 3 largest rivers trending downward

Bay Journal — by Karl Blankenship — December 2, 2021

December 13, 2021

Experts find an average Chesapeake Bay dead zone in 2021

Chesapeake Bay Program — by Rachel Felver — November 30, 2021

December 8, 2021

Chesapeake Bay researchers go with the flow

Chesapeake Bay Program — by Jake Solyst — November 15, 2021

November 30, 2021

A temporary boost to surviving trees in tidal freshwater swamps but steadily increasing salinity associated with sea-level rise ultimately creates ‘ghost forests’

This article is part of the Fall 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

September 1, 2021

USGS Responding to High Water Caused By Ida Across Multiple States

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision-makers before, during and after Hurricane Ida, visit www.usgs.gov/ida.

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June 23, 2021

For the second year in a row, smaller Chesapeake Bay dead zone forecast for the summer

Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — June 21, 2021

June 21, 2021

News Feature: The complex case of Chesapeake Bay restoration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America — by John Carey — June 16, 2021