Update: No Fukushima Contamination Detected in Pacific Salmon Off North...
Summary of the amount of radioactive cesium isotopes in sockeye salmon and steel head trout harvested from BC waters in 2014 (Figure by Jonathan Kellogg jkellogg@uvic.ca) The Integrated Fukushima...
View ArticleSampling for Fukushima Derived Radionuclides in the Northeast Pacific and...
Bow of the CCGS Laurier. Great ship and crew for science operations in the Arctic. The purpose of this short diary is to update readers on the activities of the Integrated Fukushima Ocean...
View ArticleCanadian GEOTRACES Arctic Expedition 2015
The science enabled icebreaker CCGS Amundsen being loaded for its annual Arctic expedition at the Coast Guard Base in Quebec City. The ship leaves Quebec in July and returns again in October at the...
View ArticleDay 8: Canadian Arctic GEOTRACES Expedition
Surface wind map of the Labrador Sea from July 16, 2015. Our first sampling occurred roughly in the centre of the map. Winds were ~30-40 knots during this period. Image by nullschool.net We are now...
View ArticleUpdate on Canadian Arctic GEOTRACES 2015: Diverted for icebreaking
This short diary is to update interested readers on the progress of our research program investigating the impacts of climate change on the chemistry, physics and biology of the Canadian Arctic Ocean....
View ArticleArctic GEOTRACES Expedition Science Special! Episode 1: An Interview with Dr....
This diary mirrors a blog post by Tereza Jarníková at our expedition website.As we wait in the Hudson Bay (update here) before we head north again, we bring you this blog’s first Expedition Science...
View ArticleCanada’s ocean science capacity is limited with resource constraints
This is an editorial piece I am my colleagues Drs. Philippe Tortell and Roger Francois of the University of British Columbia published today in the Globe and Mail. A link to the original article is...
View ArticleBackground Ionizing Radiation Dose Through Geologic Time
The purpose of this diary is to review how the background dose of ionizing radiation has changed through geologic time until the present. I was motivated to write this diary by questions and...
View ArticleRadioactive Strontium and Cesium in Fish From the Harbor at the Fukushima...
The purpose of this diary is to report on a recent peer-reviewed study that investigated the radionuclide content of fish caught in the harbor of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Powerplant (FDNPP) in...
View ArticleUpdate: Sampling for Fukushima Derived Radionuclides in the Northeast Pacific...
Locations where surface seawater samples were collected for the InFORM project in July 2015. Surface seawater temperatures at the time of collection are shown with values greater than 16C in the...
View ArticleScenes From an Arctic Ocean Research Cruise
This short diary is to share a couple of videos taken on the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen during our recent operations in the Labrador Sea and Arctic Ocean. You may recall that we were delayed when the...
View ArticleRadioactivity In Our Ocean: Fukushima & Its Impact On The Pacific - Watch the...
The purpose of this diary is to bring to your attention a lecture hosted by the Vancouver Aquarium by myself and Dr. Ken Buesseler that will be live broadcast on YouTube tomorrow evening. This...
View ArticleRadioactivity In Our Ocean: Fukushima & Its Impact On The Pacific
The following presentation is for those interested in the most recent, scientifically rigorous, monitoring data related to the impact of the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster on the health of North Pacific...
View ArticlePolar Bears and Research Equipment in the Arctic Ocean: You’re Going to Need...
By Jay T. Cullen and Kristin Orians Three polar bears swimming near the ship and investigating our sea cable in the Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean. Photo by Kristin Orians UBC. The picture you are looking...
View ArticleFukushima Derived Contamination of Whales and Dolphins in Northern Japan
Pacific white sided dolphins The purpose of this diary is to report on a recently published, peer-reviewed study documenting the contamination of whales and dolphins in northern Japan following the...
View ArticleUpdate: Polar Bears Tried to Eat My Homework
The video you are looking at was taken Sept. 16, 2015 by a UVic undergraduate student, Kathryn Purdon, who has been working with my group on the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen which is currently working in...
View ArticleIs There Scientific Evidence Showing Higher Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in...
The purpose of this short diary it to bring to the attention of readers a well researched and referenced YouTube video by Ian Goddard. A recently published study by Tsuda and colleagues in the...
View ArticleResidents Living South of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Have Minimal Internal...
Areas to the south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. WBC measurement were performed at the Jyoban Hospital in central Iwaki, which is located about 50 km south of the Fukushima Daiichi...
View ArticleScience Communication in the Internet Age: Fukushima's Impact on the Environment
The purpose of this diary is to bring to the attention of readers a story published in a national newspaper in Canada about the response to my public outreach efforts aimed at reporting the results of...
View ArticleUpdate: Science and Risk Communication About Fukushima Environmental Impacts
The purpose of this diary is to update readers about the response to my public outreach efforts aimed at reporting the results of scientific research into the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster...
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