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
Healthy aquatic vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay.Cassie Gurbisz/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, CC BY-NDSeagrasses 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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