The marsh looks much like any other marsh along the Chesapeake Bay - there are even invasive phragmites plants creeping in.
But what sets this marsh apart is the network of narrow boardwalks leading to 56 clear, octagonal enclosures around sections of the marsh.
Using these odd-looking chambers, scientists at the sprawling Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater are studying the effects of carbon dioxide and nitrogen on plants - key work in the ongoing efforts to...
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Positive versus negative - 2010-07-23 12:53:21
Thanks to Ms. Wood for the positive story of research to correct damage to environment. I appreciate her work. That being said, I'd suggest a more 'CSI' approach to reporting. Readers follow stories about violators who disregard laws. Reporting, hopefully, would invoke the government agencies we pay to enforce current law and codes. Damaging the environment takes a moment and years to correct. Reporting on violators and enforcement, will garner readership. Cause, effect and justice (with a scientific slant), it works on television... Bay CSI with star reporter Pamela Wood.
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