Don Boesch
@donboesch.bsky.social
Using science to restore coastal ecosystems and limit and adapt to climate change. Emeritus Prof. @umces.bsky.social, Annapolis, Maryland
25 years ago today President sent the first U.S. National Climate Assessment to Congress. To what depths of ignorance has our government descended?
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
25 years ago today President sent the first U.S. National Climate Assessment to Congress. To what depths of ignorance has our government descended?
Interesting in looking up some USDA data on soils, this is what you get. Outrageous.
October 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Interesting in looking up some USDA data on soils, this is what you get. Outrageous.
Delighted to learn that Maryland Governor Wes Moore has named my @umces.bsky.social colleague Tom Miller as an Admiral of the Chesapeake ⛴️ for his work on sustainable blue crab fisheries. 🦀 Welcome aboard, sir.
news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/10/...
news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/10/...
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Delighted to learn that Maryland Governor Wes Moore has named my @umces.bsky.social colleague Tom Miller as an Admiral of the Chesapeake ⛴️ for his work on sustainable blue crab fisheries. 🦀 Welcome aboard, sir.
news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/10/...
news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/10/...
In the 32 years I have lived on my property near Annapolis, Maryland,I have never seen anything close to the level of mast seeding as this year. 3 species of oak and American beech. Watch out for Lyme disease in a couple of years.
September 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In the 32 years I have lived on my property near Annapolis, Maryland,I have never seen anything close to the level of mast seeding as this year. 3 species of oak and American beech. Watch out for Lyme disease in a couple of years.
Trump's replacement for offshore wind.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Trump's replacement for offshore wind.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Six of my @umces.bsky.social colleagues contributed to this timely review of the performance of natural and nature-based features for coastal protection and their co-benefits.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Six of my @umces.bsky.social colleagues contributed to this timely review of the performance of natural and nature-based features for coastal protection and their co-benefits.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
I'm pleased to be participating in a @cerfscience.bsky.social webinar on Communicating with Policy Makers on 28 September. Free to CERF members. Check it out.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm pleased to be participating in a @cerfscience.bsky.social webinar on Communicating with Policy Makers on 28 September. Free to CERF members. Check it out.
www.cerf.science/index.php?op...
www.cerf.science/index.php?op...
Visited Museum of Natural History of Oxford University today. Clean but very powerful exhibits illustrating evolution and biodiversity. Highly recommend. @morethanadodo.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Visited Museum of Natural History of Oxford University today. Clean but very powerful exhibits illustrating evolution and biodiversity. Highly recommend. @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Gallows humor: a Walt Handelsman cartoon from 2014.
July 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Gallows humor: a Walt Handelsman cartoon from 2014.
"A better vision would focus more on outcomes than specific practices, encouraging the production of more abundant (and therefore more affordable) food with less environmental damage."
July 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"A better vision would focus more on outcomes than specific practices, encouraging the production of more abundant (and therefore more affordable) food with less environmental damage."
A stellar cast of environmental managers, scientists and advocates has just published "Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay: lessons for other ecosystems." OA, so check it out.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
July 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A stellar cast of environmental managers, scientists and advocates has just published "Restoration of the Chesapeake Bay: lessons for other ecosystems." OA, so check it out.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Loved the wood-carved map of upper #ChesapeakeBay in @ashleywardnc.bsky.social's office staging during her interview on staying safe in extreme heat on @pbsnews.org News Hour last night. With record-threatening heat wave coming, watch it.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Loved the wood-carved map of upper #ChesapeakeBay in @ashleywardnc.bsky.social's office staging during her interview on staying safe in extreme heat on @pbsnews.org News Hour last night. With record-threatening heat wave coming, watch it.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Blue Angels over Severn River #Annapolis.
May 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Blue Angels over Severn River #Annapolis.
Chris Scholin @mbarinews.bsky.social gave the 26th Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture last night @nationalacademies.org on Oceanography in the Age of Intelligent Robots and Climate Change. It was superb & the Q&A was stimulating. If you were unable to catch it, it is already streaming online.
May 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Chris Scholin @mbarinews.bsky.social gave the 26th Roger Revelle Commemorative Lecture last night @nationalacademies.org on Oceanography in the Age of Intelligent Robots and Climate Change. It was superb & the Q&A was stimulating. If you were unable to catch it, it is already streaming online.
Please, please, please, do not let this egomaniac get anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico.
May 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Please, please, please, do not let this egomaniac get anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico.
We in Maryland are fortunate to have our Comptroller @brookelierman.bsky.social, the tax-collector and watcher of the purse, so focused on climate change costs and actions. www.marylandcomptroller.gov/content/dam/...
April 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We in Maryland are fortunate to have our Comptroller @brookelierman.bsky.social, the tax-collector and watcher of the purse, so focused on climate change costs and actions. www.marylandcomptroller.gov/content/dam/...
Trump is destroying the U.S.'s winningest export, higher education. It is worth more than it sold in coal and natural gas combined! Our post secondary institutions are envy of the world, produce new knowledge and promote American values. Gift link.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump is destroying the U.S.'s winningest export, higher education. It is worth more than it sold in coal and natural gas combined! Our post secondary institutions are envy of the world, produce new knowledge and promote American values. Gift link.
wapo.st/4luJyph
wapo.st/4luJyph
Challenges in monitoring water quality in tidal creeks, e.g. Solomons Harbor MD, featuring my @umces.bsky.social colleagues Walter Boynton, Jeremy Testa & Lora Harris. Remember influence of the estuary to which they are connected as well as watershed.
www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Challenges in monitoring water quality in tidal creeks, e.g. Solomons Harbor MD, featuring my @umces.bsky.social colleagues Walter Boynton, Jeremy Testa & Lora Harris. Remember influence of the estuary to which they are connected as well as watershed.
www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
www.bayjournal.com/news/polluti...
Check out this wonderful series of articles on the challenges of agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay by the legendary journalist Karl Blankenship in the Chesapeake Bay Journal.
www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...
www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Check out this wonderful series of articles on the challenges of agriculture and the Chesapeake Bay by the legendary journalist Karl Blankenship in the Chesapeake Bay Journal.
www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...
www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is now on Bluesky. @umces.bsky.social Please follow it as it celebrates its centennial this year.
March 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is now on Bluesky. @umces.bsky.social Please follow it as it celebrates its centennial this year.