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Research finds tradeoffs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones

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Saving the Bay: VIMS researchers work to reverse declining seagrass in Lynnhaven and Chesapeake Bay watershed

Underwater grasses are one of the several categories that are either failing or close to it.  Pollution and climate change have played a major part in a once bountiful resource now depleted, Hensel says.  “It s a grass, it needs light to grow. If [the water is] not clear, it can’t grow. Heat has also been a reason and straight-up nutrient pollution. It can’t take that level of pollution.” A decline in underwater seagrasses can lead to other environmental troubles, according to Hensel, like water clarity levels, erosion, and more.  “We’ve been interested in the Lynnhaven and Broad Bay area for many years, says JJ Orth, a long-time professor with VIMS. 

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