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New Water-Level Sensor Installed at Breezy Point Advances Calvert County’s High Tide Flood Mitigation Plan

New Water-Level Sensor Installed at Breezy Point Advances Calvert County’s High Tide Flood Mitigation Plan

The University of Maryland (UMD) Hydronet program has completed the installation of a research-grade water level monitoring station at Breezy Point Beach and Campground in...

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Mobilizing a Regional HAB Network for the Chesapeake Bay

Mobilizing a Regional HAB Network for the Chesapeake Bay

The first sign something was amiss in the Bay arrived by email. A few cells of the harmful algae, Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Marge, for short), were...

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Webinar: Tracking Ocean Sunfish to Map Marine Biodiversity HotSpots

Webinar: Tracking Ocean Sunfish to Map Marine Biodiversity HotSpots

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MARACOOS Celebrates Virginia Beach Webcamera Installation

MARACOOS Celebrates Virginia Beach Webcamera Installation

As the final school days wrap up and summer crowds begin filling the sand along the Eastern Shore, a new tool is in place in...

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Cedar Island’s HF Radar Station Returns to Service

Cedar Island’s HF Radar Station Returns to Service

HF radar site on the north end of Cedar Island at the former Metompkin Inlet Coast Guard station The Cedar Island High Frequency (HF) radar...

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The Value of Near Real-Time Visual Data for Maritime Traffic

The Value of Near Real-Time Visual Data for Maritime Traffic

The Hudson River transits approximately 13 million tons of cargo each year to Central New York, Western Massachusetts, and Western Vermont (U.S. Army Corps, 2023)....

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Recording Now Available: Help Shape the Future of Coastal Ocean Forecasting

Recording Now Available: Help Shape the Future of Coastal Ocean Forecasting

On Monday, Aug. 4, we hosted an interactive virtual workshop focused on the development of the East Coast Community Operational Forecast System (ECCOFS)—a next-generation ocean...

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Webinar Recording Now Available: OceansMap in Action: Visualizing New Sensor Data for Smarter Planning and Response in Delaware

Webinar Recording Now Available: OceansMap in Action: Visualizing New Sensor Data for Smarter Planning and Response in Delaware

Watch our latest webinar, hosted with our partners from the University of Delaware and TetraTech, exploring the updates to MARACOOS OceansMap—our interactive platform that brings...

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Webinar Recording Now Available: OceansMap in Action: Visualizing New Sensor Data for Smarter Planning and Response in Virginia

Webinar Recording Now Available: OceansMap in Action: Visualizing New Sensor Data for Smarter Planning and Response in Virginia

This session spotlighted the new Water Level, Waves, and Webcams (WWW) network, a coordinated effort to bring low-cost, high-impact sensors to communities across the region. Learn...

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