Reductions in Nutrients and Greenhouses Go Hand-in-Hand, Report Says

In a recently released report, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation states that the agricultural community surrounding the bay can and should do more to reduce the release of nutrients into the Bay and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The report states that the watershed's ecosystem, and those that rely on it for livelihoods, will be increasingly impacted by warmer air and water temperatures and higher sea levels. The organization promotes more "conservation agriculture," which includes techniques such as low-till or no-till farming. Research from Yale University shows that adoption of such techniques across the watershed could remove at least 4.8 million metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere every year through "carbon sequestration."

– View the Chesapeake Bay Foundation article
– View the Chespeake Bay Foundation Report, Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay (pdf)