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Unifying the University of Maryland’s groundbreaking research with the immediate requirements of Maryland’s decision-makers to address the complexities of climate change as it affects our home.

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RSVP: Changes in Precipitation Timing and Their Links to Flash Floods and Droughts
Farmers in Maryland are increasingly challenged by climate-related threats such as shifting weather patterns, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion into aquifers, and intensifying heat waves. In additio...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Source: britannica.com/biography/Julia-Carabias-Lillo
Julia Carabias Lillo | Mexican Ecologist, Environmentalist & Conservationist | Britannica
Julia Carabias Lillo is a Mexican ecologist and environmentalist who served as Mexico’s secretary of the environment, natural resources, and fisheries from 1994 to 2000. Carabias earned both bachelor’...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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What are some possible solutions to this problem?
The road salt issue has a relatively simple solution: use less. It can be an all-around win for communities. In Edina, Minnesota, they install heated sidewalks or position a building’s entrance toward the sun, leveraging better city planning to melt snow. In New Hampshire, workers and contractors who apply salt are often protected from lawsuits from people slipping and falling.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Salt contamination is a major concern due to overapplication of road salt in winter, drought, and sea level rise.
“We have good management plans in place, but the information we have is telling us that the same management plans will probably not be effective enough at some point in the future,” said Kristen Kavanaugh, executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission. Salt concentration increases over the past 40 years. Potomac river: +41%. Patuxent river: +102%. Anacostia river: +500%. Over time, salt can corrode our infrastructure. according to the EPA, Chloride ions cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to bridges, parking structures, and buildings around the U.S. each year. Excess road salt wears away concrete and leaves calcium carbonate behind on the supports underneath bridges over the Anacostia River. Along the eastern coasts, ghost forests have succumbed to increased salinity, no longer able to protect coastal communities from large storms. An inlet near D.C.'s Kenilworth Gardens shows indications of drought. Salt concentrations can spike in freshwater rivers when rain is scarce.
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