The Boneyard 2.8

April is here, and with it come rain showers and a new edition of The Boneyard Blog Carnival.  Head on over to Sorting Out Science, where Sam Wise has written up a fossiliferous Boneyard 2.8. Extremely well done, in my humble opinion.

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Blogging on the Bay (Part 2)

Sunrise over the Chesapeake Bay, taken on the beach in front of the Philip Merrill Center.

Although I'm a little farther from the Bay at this point, it always remains very close to my heart.  So I just wanted to say a few more words on some of the issues affecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed today.  I know the last time I wrote (which was quite a while ago - my apologies) I spoke of oysters, and some of the problems they've been having over the last hundred years or so.  Disease, poor water quality, and over harvesting are three of the big culprits. This time, I want to home in a little on the poor water quality issue.