Climate Change on the Chesapeake
Thanks to 2018 class member Gwen Morrison for this info!
On the Chesapeake, A Precarious Future of Rising Seas and High Tides
Maryland’s Dorchester County is ground zero for climate change on Chesapeake Bay, as rising seas claim more and more land. An e360 video explores the quiet beauty of this liquid landscape and how high tides and erosion are putting the bay’s rural communities at risk.
http://e360.yale.edu/features/on-the-chesapeake-a-precarious-future-of-rising-seas-and-high-tides
Video is about 16 minutes and there is an accompanying article. The video and article include mitigation steps farmers and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge are taking.
Gwen Morrison