The country’s largest estuary is critically threatened by pollution and climate change. The question is: Can it be saved?

In the 4,500-square-mile Chesapeake Bay, the country’s largest estuary, nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater treatment plants and urban and agricultural runoff continuously suffocate marine life.

<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/will-the-chesapeake-bay-become-a-dead-zone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LINK</strong></a> (via Scientific American)

The country’s largest estuary is critically threatened by pollution and climate change. The question is: Can it be saved? In the 4,500-square-mile Chesapeake Bay, the ...{ai:summary}<p>The Chesapeake Bay, vast and vital, faces certain peril from pollution and rising temperatures. The question is whether humans can rescue it before it is too late. The marine life in the 4,500-square-mile estuary suffocates under the weight of nitrogen and phosphorus from untreated wastewater and large agricultural and urbanities."</p>

Will the Chesapeake Become a Dead Zone?

Loading...