This year, the oxygen-deprived “dead zone” that plagues the Chesapeake Bay every summer was much larger than in 2020, but similar in size with those of other recent years. This
The Chesapeake Bay Program and its partners, including the University of Michigan, released information today on the state of the 2021 Chesapeake Bay "dead zone." While last year's dead zone was the second smallest observed since 1985, this year's assessment paints a more complex picture of the bay'