Battle for the Chesapeake Bay
ENVIRONMENT
Warming temperatures and changing rainfall patterns are changing the Chesapeake Bay.
New kinds of fish are venturing to the bay and long-established species face challenges, as their bodies respond to warmer temperatures and changing salinity — salt and ion levels — in bay waters, recent studies show.
"We know climate is warming, and so are the waters of the bay, and we've seen this in our own time," said Mary Fabrizio, a professor of natural resources at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
Citing "the signals" she said...
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