- About
- With 500+ faculty, staff and students and three campus locations, the Batten School & VIMS are equipped to tackle pressing challenges through research, education and advisory service.
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- Research & Advisory
- Purple marsh crabs are significantly disrupting carbon cycling in salt marshes along the East Coast of the U.S., according to a study led by Batten School & VIMS scientists.
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- Batten School
- The R. Todd Stravitz Scholars Program will provide full tuition support for students pursuing the new bachelor’s degree in coastal & marine sciences at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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- Engage
- Popular, free camps enable rising third through eighth graders to learn about the Chesapeake Bay, coastal ecosystems and environmental stewardship.
  
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- News & Events
- National TRAP Program funds large-scale cleanup of discarded fishing gear, first round of subawards totaling more than $1.4M supports 11 projects focused on removing derelict fishing gear from coastal waters in nine U.S. states and Palau.
  
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- Giving
- As an expression of parental pride in their daughter, Taylor Spencer ‘83 and Martha Spencer recently established an undergraduate field research endowment at the Batten School & VIMS.
  
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Notable Storms

Notable Storms

Joaquin: October 2015

Windy weather generates coastal flooding whose longevity may set a local record.

Superstorm Sandy: October 2012

Sandy brings unusually persistent high-water levels to Virginia.

2011 Hurricane Irene

Irene brings 4.4 feet of extra-tidal water to Money Point

Nor'Ida: November 2009

A significant coastal-flooding event occurs along the mid-Atlantic coast as a low-pressure remnant from Tropical Depression Ida travels up the Atlantic seaboard. The storm brings 4.69 feet of extratidal high water (XHW) to Money Point.

Nor'easter: September 10, 2009

A nor'easter brings 1.26 feet of extratidal high water to the Yorktown Coast Guard Training Center.

Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel impacted the mid-Atlantic between September 17-19, 2003. Isabel predates the Tidewatch network but merits mention as one of the most intense storms to strike the region in recent memory.