This series explores the impacts of data centers on water supply, energy use, air quality and stormwater runoff in the ...

To map the Chesapeake Bay watershed, researchers have long relied on aerial imagery, a time-consuming process to document every water source. But artificial intelligence is changing that.

A newly released hydrography data set for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed identified many more streams than the previous dataset. This example shows the new data in blue compared to the older maps in ...

Caption These streams were all missed by older stream maps of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, but they were detected by a new, AI-supported stream mapping method that is also less expensive and much ...

Nearly 5% of the Chesapeake Bay watershed is covered by areas that block the filtration of water, according to a new analysis of data from the Chesapeake Bay Program. These areas are “impervious ...

This year, the Chesapeake Bay got its highest grade in 22 years, and the portion of the bay that the Susquehanna River flows into got the second-best grade of the entire watershed.

Explore the map of historic Black sites for yourself View the story map chronicling 65 historically Blackbeaches and other places of Black historical significance in the Chesapeake Bay watershed here.

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has released its 19th annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card, showing a decline in overall Bay health from the previous ...

Updated: April 19, 2025 | 11:25 am (© Nicole – stock.adobe.com) The Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2023 would fast track conservation goals in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

All or part of 43 counties are in Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, according to the release. The area spans half the state and includes over 12,000 miles of polluted streams ...

This year, the Chesapeake Bay got its highest grade in 22 years, and the portion of the bay that the Susquehanna River flows into got the second-best grade of the entire watershed.

This year, the Chesapeake Bay got its highest grade in 22 years, and the portion of the bay that the Susquehanna River flows into got the second-best grade of the entire watershed.