Category: Earth and Environmental Science
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Investigating the Relationship Between CDOM and Bacterial Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay
By Kate Stoneman Faculty Mentor: John Tippett Abstract The Chesapeake Bay faces significant threats from runoff, sedimentation, and climate change. The Chesapeake Water Watch uses participatory science methods alongside remote sensing technology to monitor water quality changes across the bay. The program seeks to enhance monitoring of tributaries through methods that volunteers can use to…
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Buffer Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Watershed
By Reagan Makfinsky, Larry Almariento Faculty Mentor: John Tippett Abstract The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act was created to allow for development but not in ways that harms the water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The Act states that local governments in Tidewater Virginia are mainly in charge of planning and regulating land…
