Scientist Profile: Dr. Beth McGee
For Dr. Beth McGee, a Senior Water Quality Scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, science is all about passion and the outdoors. Dr. McGee has always loved running through streams, catching fish and tadpoles, and hiking in the woods, so her job as a scientist is an extension of that. She is captivated by figuring out how things in nature “work.” She says, “Whether it is how animals adapt to their environment or how temperature affects ecosystem processes. I find it all fascinating.”
Into the Dead Zone: What Happens When We Use Fossil Fuels?
Nearly a third of the nutrients that contribute to the Chesapeake Bay Dead zone come from airborne sources. Beginning at a headwaters stream in Shenandoah National Park, Philippe Cousteau Jr. and the EarthEcho Expeditions team investigate how reactive nitrogen in the air makes its way to the Chesapeake Bay.
Into the Dead Zone: What Happens When We Eat?
Agricultural runoff contributes almost half of the nutrients that feed the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. Join Philippe Cousteau and the EarthEcho Expeditions team as they learn about life on a dairy farm in Lancaster, PA.
Into the Dead Zone: What Happens When We Build Cities?
Take to the Anacostia River with Philippe Cousteau and the EarthEcho Expeditions team as they journey across the water and underground in Washington, DC, to explore the impact of urbanization on the water cycle.
