Climate & environment

The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item for fishing bait and medical research.

As the Chesapeake sailing community follows the search for missing Baltimore sailor Don Lawson in the Pacific Ocean, there are probably more than a few people looking at what he was trying to do — set a world record for solo circumnavigation — and wonder, why would anyone do that?

After dangerous heat and damaging storms created precarious conditions earlier this weekend, a cold front led to a bright and sunny start Sunday.

The heat index — how hot it feels — could climb to 110 degrees.

The recreation area would knit together a network of cultural and environmental landmarks that one day could stretch across the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed in a single unit under the administration of the National Park Service office in Annapolis.

In a charming surprise, a group of students participating in a summer leadership course with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found a young sea turtle in the bay in Dorchester County.

The temperatures in Baltimore and around Maryland are expected to reach dangerous levels Thursday and Friday.

Since 2017, the city has never come close to spending the $2 million it was required to budget for cleanups in a modified federal consent decree.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties until 8 p.m.

Experts explain the causes of this common summer phenomenon.

Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday announced that Maryland would be the first state to respond to a recent study pointing out roadblocks to faster progress on cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.

Greenbury Point, which covers 250 acres owned by the Navy that juts into the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, should be a centerpiece of a new national park.

Temperatures are expected to be well into the 90s all week, increasing the chance of heat-related illnesses.

The Biden-Harris Administration is pledging $20 billion to fund clean energy programs across the country, including in underserved communities. The vice president described the funding as “the largest investment in financing for community-based climate projects in our nation.”

Under the order, the city will have to assist any sewage backup caused by problems in the city-owned portion of the pipe system

This was supposed to be a triumphant summer for the Wilma Lee, bought by the Annapolis Maritime Museum four years ago. It is the only vessel of its kind in Maryland’s state capital since the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sold the Stanley Norman in 2020. A lease with the city was intended to return this symbol of Chesapeake heritage to City Dock — the waterfront public square of Annapolis — and boost private charters to help keep it afloat.

The request comes after a Thursday morning fire at a DPW drinking water pumping station in Baltimore County strained the region’s drinking water system.

Officials announced this week that the recovery of the fossil and others nearby elevate the park’s classification to a bone bed, the first discovered in Maryland since 1887.

Several entities — including the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Maryland Watermen’s Association and states downstream from Pennsylvania — filed lawsuits against the EPA in 2020, alleging the federal government failed to require Pennsylvania to develop and carry out pollution-reduction plans.

The James Webb Space Telescope has been operational for a year, transforming the way scientists understand the universe. It is operated out of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.