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Water samples collected from Gwynns Falls stream in Baltimore
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Leaky Pipes Are Dosing Baltimore’s Waterways with Drugs

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 22 October 202129 March 2023

Poor infrastructure is responsible for tens of thousands of pharmaceutical doses that flow through Baltimore’s streams each year.

Flooding in downtown Annapolis, Md.
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Brief, Repetitive Floods in Coastal Cities Cause Economic Losses

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 15 February 20191 March 2023

A case study in Annapolis is one of the first assessments of the effects of high-tide flooding on local revenue.

Brandon Shores Generating Station
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Evaluating the Impact of Maryland's Healthy Air Act

by Terri Cook 12 May 201627 February 2023

Reducing emissions of short-lived gaseous sulfur pollutants from power plants had an immediate, local benefit, but controlling longer-lasting harmful particulate matter will require regional action.

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Are U.S. States Prepared to Manage Water in a Changing Climate?

by Terri Cook 18 April 201626 March 2024

An empirical study of water allocation and planning in five states concludes that they lack a statewide strategy to manage the impacts of climate change on water resources.

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Strong Storms Flush Out Particulate Nitrogen

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 October 201516 February 2022

Field observations show that with climate change, fiercer tropical storms may release more particulate nitrogen from temperate forests into aquatic ecosystems.

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