Algae to Biofuels for a Healthy Bay?

Barley is a winter crop that's planted in rotation with corn and soybean, during a time when fields would otherwise lie fallow. Can it be used to create biofuels? Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about Barley to Biofuel

Continental Airlines completed the first flight of an algae-powered jet using a biodiesel blend of two types of alternative oils - algae and jatropha, a weedy plant that produces oil-rich seeds. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about From Algae to Alternative Energy

Terlizzi, a plant physiologist and Maryland Sea Grant Extension Specialist in water quality, is trying to determine how well the plant material is actively breaking down nitrate. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about Sleuthing a Cover Crop Conundrum

The Knauss Marine Policy Fellows for 2009 all come out of graduate programs at the University of Maryland. Safra Altman, Marvourneen Dolor, and Becky Holyoke will put their expertise to work for the next year in the Office of Oceanographic Research, the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Marine Sanctuaries. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about Knauss Fellows for 2009

If the Anacostia is the nation's forgotten river, then John Wennersten is helping us to remember it. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about The Death & Life of an American River

Jack Greer's stories are peopled by characters who are ocean sailors linked by their love of the sea. All of them, for different reasons, have left the U.S. mainland for the open waters of the Atlantic and the islands of the Caribbean where they face inner fears and outside threats from storms, strangers, and their own failures of judgment.. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about New Books by Local Authors - Abraham's Bay & Other Stories

Natural nutrient processors, marshes offer a perfect example of how plants in the right place remove excess nitrogen and phosphorus -- but we need more help than marshes can now provide. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writers, Erica Goldman and Jessica Smits. more . . . about Volume 8 Number 1