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Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater grasses rebound

  • Written by Bill Dennison, Professor of Marine Science and Vice President for Science Applications, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater grasses reboundHealthy aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay.Cassie Gurbisz/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, CC BY-ND

Seagrasses are the “coastal canaries” of oceans and bays. When these underwater flowering plants are sick or dying, it means the ecosystem is in big trouble – typically due to pollution that reduces...

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