Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Virginia Institute of Marine Science is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Study: Sea-level rise is double-edged sword for carbon storage
Coastal ecosystems are a natural storehouse for carbon, with policymakers looking to bays, marshes, and seaside forests as nature-based solutions to help combat climate change. But the capacity of these ecosystems to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere depends on diverse and often conflicting factors, including sediment supply, coastal slope, tidal range, wave climate, […]
Study shows wetter climate is likely to intensify global warming
A study in the issue of Nature indicates the increase in rainfall forecast by global climate models is likely to hasten the release of carbon dioxide from tropical soils, further intensifying global warming by adding to human emissions of this greenhouse gas into Earth’s atmosphere. Based on analysis of sediments cored from the submarine delta of the Ganges […]
Dead-zone report card reflects improving water quality in Chesapeake Bay
Hypoxia in 2019 falls within normal range despite high river flow and light winds.