Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts
Recent cleanup efforts for the Chesapeake Bay have shown some progress, but the bay's health is not improving as quickly as hoped.
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the bay a 50 percent health score in its 2024 report card, a drop from 2023, due to weather extremes causing excess nutrient runoff.
Extreme rainfall washed too many nutrients into the Bay.
According to Bill Dennison, a scientist at UMCES, when nitrogen and phosphorus from farms, lawns, and roads reach the water, they feed algae blooms that reduce oxygen and harm fish and other marine life.
- Nutrient loads from farms, lawns, and roads contribute to algae blooms.
- Algae blooms reduce oxygen and harm marine life.
Author's summary: Cleanup efforts show limited progress.
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