Eugene M. Burreson, a Virginia biologist who pioneered studies of
parasites that decimated oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, is the latest
recipient of a rare honor, the Mathias Medal. He received the award at a
ceremony in Richmond on October 17, 2011, attended by family members
and coworkers.The medal, sponsored by Maryland Sea Grant, Virginia Sea Grant, and Chesapeake Research Consortium, has been presented every five years or so to a retired scientist who has made significant contributions to science and policy in the Chesapeake Bay.
As rising levels of carbon dioxide change the ocean, making it more acidic, will they also change the Chesapeake Bay? Researchers have recently begun to look at the effects of acid waters on Bay species.
As the season’s first hurricanes swing near the U.S. coast, churning
out large waves, they bring the threat of dangerous rip currents all
along the Atlantic Seaboard.
On the beach at Ocean City, Maryland, nearly a hundred lifeguards have
their eyes trained on the waves, watching swimmers and looking for
telltale signs of rip currents. Located right in the middle of the East
Coast, Ocean City draws crowds of beachgoers from the Mid-Atlantic and
beyond. The lifeguards know that rip currents can put swimmers’ lives
at risk –– most drownings on American beaches are rip current drownings.
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Eugene M. Burreson, a Virginia biologist who pioneered studies of
parasites that decimated oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, is the latest
recipient of a rare honor, the 
As the season’s first hurricanes swing near the U.S. coast, churning
out large waves, they bring the threat of dangerous rip currents all
along the Atlantic Seaboard.
