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In 2017, Virginia sank up to 20,000 tons of a demolished bridge, creating a concrete haven for fish beneath Chesapeake BayIn Virginia's Chesapeake Bay, old bridge concrete finds a new purpose as it transforms into artificial reefs, creating vibrant habitats for...- 30 million oysters are being dumped into US's Chesapeake Bay in a race to save America's largest estuaryMillions of baby oysters are being planted in the Chesapeake Bay. Scientists hope this effort will revive one of America's most important w...
- In 1989, a Japanese oyster farmer began planting trees in the mountains to save his dying bay; the river cleared, and marine life returnedJapanese oyster farmer Shigeatsu Hatakeyama restored his bay by planting trees. Healthy forests upstream provided essential nutrients for o...
- Blue crabs were first found in Italy's Adriatic in 1949; 74 years later, they exploded, cut clam output 90%, and pushed 160 km up the Po RiverAmerican blue crabs, famed for their presence in coastal cuisine, are now making an alarming, unprecedented journey deep into Italy's Po Ri...
- Today in History: On This Day, June 20, Queen Victoria ascends, Morse patents telegraph, Jaws premieres and shipwreck revealedOn This Day in History, June 20 saw Queen Victoria ascend the British throne, Samuel Morse receive a telegraph patent, Jaws redefine Hollyw...
- Fuel prices are shaping summer plans as US boaters get ready to hit the waterBoaters face higher fuel costs impacting summer plans. Gas prices are up significantly, affecting everything from pontoon boats to large ya...
- Chesapeake crab cake, steak: What Trump inauguration guests are having for lunch? Full menu revealedDonald Trump inauguration: The decadent Inauguration Day White House lunch menu has been revealed. Diners will be greeted with a glass of s...
- Baltimore bridge collapse puts highly specialised role of ship's pilot under spotlightTwo pilots were at the helm of the cargo ship Dali about 1.25 am Tuesday when it lost power and, minutes later, crashed into a pillar of th...
- Virginia Walmart shooter Andre Bing’s ‘death note’ revealed by policeLocal officials have released the “death note” from the suspected gunman in the Virginia Walmart massacre, revealing new information about ...
- Stuck container ship in Chesapeake Bay finally refloatedMarine inspectors will examine the ship’s hull before the Coast Guard allows it to return to the Port of Baltimore to retrieve the offloade...
- Stuck for a month in the Chesapeake, Ever Forward to use full moon to free shipThe Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay after departing the Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt Marine Terminal on March 13 and hasn’t m...
- Ever Forward to be unloaded before next refloat tryThe ship was headed from the Port of Baltimore to Norfolk, Virginia, on March 13 when it ran aground just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridg...
- A year after Suez Canal fiasco, bad luck strikes again for evergreenLast year, the 400-meter-long Ever Given, an Evergreen-chartered ship that is longer than the Eiffel Tower and weighs 220,000 tons, got stu...
- Rising sea levels may threaten Nasa launch sitesRising sea levels caused by melting ice caps could threaten Nasa launch sites along US coastlines, the US space agency has warned.
- Rising sea levels may threaten NASA launch sitesRising sea levels caused by melting ice caps could threaten NASA launch sites along US coastlines, the US space agency has warned.
- Washington DC sinking fast, adding to threat of sea-level riseScientists have found that land under the Chesapeake Bay — the largest estuary in the US — is sinking rapidly and the country's capital, Wa...
- Washington DC sinking fast, adding to threat of sea-level rise: StudyThe falling land will exacerbate the flooding that Washington, DC, faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice ...
- US nod to build LNG plant that will ship fuel to IndiaUS regulators gave the final approval for Dominion Resources to build the east coast's first natural gas liquefaction plant at its Cove Poi...
- Jellyfish invasion in a warming worldAblood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within m...
- Obama vows not to send people to war without causePresident Barack Obama promised graduating midshipmen at the US Naval Academy on Friday that, as their commander in chief, he will only sen...
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