Fukushima FAQ: Are Fukushima Radionuclides Causing Super Storms in the...
Short answer is absolutely not.This post is part of an ongoing series dedicated to science education and to relate scientific findings about the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on...
View ArticleThe Integrated Fukushima Ocean Radionuclide Monitoring (InFORM) Project:...
This post is meant to explain to interested readers where and how our samples of marine organisms from the northeast Pacific are monitored for Fukushima derived contamination as part of the InFORM...
View ArticleCitizen Scientists Sampling for Fukushima Contamination in Port Renfrew BC...
Last evening I spoke at the monthly meeting of Surfrider Vancouver Island, one of InFORM's non-governmental organization partners, to provide them with an update on our most recent results and...
View ArticlePushing the Limit: Fukushima Fingerprint Isotope Found in Pacific Salmon from...
This post was co-written with Dr. Jonathan Kellogg and reports on the most recent efforts of the Integrated Fukushima Ocean Radionuclide Monitoring (InFORM) project to provide scientifically rigorous...
View ArticleUpdate on Fukushima Contamination in Seawater and Fish Near North America
The purpose of this post is to provide a brief update on the recent results of seawater and Pacific salmon monitoring carried out by the InFORM project and our partner Our Radioactive Ocean tracking...
View ArticleMarch for Science and Earth Day in Victoria, BC Canada
Yesterday I participated in the Victoria BC satellite March For Science. It was an inspiring event that brought together professional scientists and science enthusiasts in support of evidence based...
View ArticleThe Apollo 13 Mission and Rescue: How much plutonium was added to the Earth's...
The purpose of this short post is to compare the relative amounts of radioactive plutonium added to our environment by the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970 to the amount released by the Fukushima...
View ArticleMeasuring Fukushima Contamination in Fish Caught in Hawaii
The purpose of this post is to summarize a recently published, peer reviewed, scientific study that investigated levels of Fukushima derived contamination in fish caught in the North Pacific and sold...
View ArticleWhy color matters: Scientific outreach and education about the Fukushima...
The following post was written by my colleague Dr. Jonathan Kellogg about recent experiences with science communication relating to the Fukushima Daiichii Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) disaster. We work...
View ArticleWhat is the optimum level of ionizing radiation exposure for Life?
An interesting open access, peer-reviewed study was published earlier this year in Frontiers in Microbiology that examined how lower than background doses of ionizing radiation affected the growth of...
View ArticleHow much Fukushima contamination is there in migratory Pacific fish?
The purpose of this post is to report on a recently published, peer-reviewed study that investigated the levels of Fukushima derived contamination in migratory Pacific predators. The post is part of an...
View ArticleNorth Korean Atmospheric Thermonuclear Test: How much contamination can we...
The purpose of this post is to conduct a thought experiment to arrive at (I hope) a useful estimate of how much radioactive contamination might occur if North Korea detonates a thermonuclear weapon in...
View ArticleExtraordinary Measures: Solitary Pacific Salmon Found With Detectable...
This post is based on a more detailed post by Dr. Jonathan Kellogg on the Integrated Fukushima Ocean Radionuclide Monitoring (InFORM) project website. It contributes to an ongoing effort to provide...
View ArticleUpdate on Fukushima Monitoring Activities in North America: 7 Years On
The purpose of this post is to bring the community up to date on monitoring efforts aimed at understanding the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on environmental and...
View ArticleMonitoring Fukushima Contamination in Pacific Salmon and Soil in British...
Seven years on, since the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, it is useful to start to bring together information from scientific studies of the impact of the contamination on the...
View ArticleUpdate: Fukushima Derived Contamination in Pacific Surface Water Up Until 2017
The purpose of this post is to summarize a recently published, peer-reviewed study that documents levels of Fukushima derived contamination in surface waters of the Pacific Ocean. This post is part of...
View ArticleUpdate: Citizen Scientists' Continued Efforts to Monitor Fukushima Derived...
The purpose of this post is to provide readers with a brief update on our citizen science sampling program that is monitoring seawater concentrations of contamination derived from Fukushima Daiichi...
View ArticleInsignificant Environmental and Public Health Risk from Fukushima in North...
I am writing this post is to bring the public up to date on monitoring efforts of my research program into the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on environmental and...
View ArticleThe Apollo 13 Mission and Rescue: How much plutonium was added to the Earth's...
The purpose of this short post is to compare the relative amounts of radioactive plutonium added to our environment by the Apollo 13 mission in April 1970 to the amount released by the Fukushima...
View ArticleMeasuring Fukushima Contamination in Fish Caught in Hawaii
The purpose of this post is to summarize a recently published, peer reviewed, scientific study that investigated levels of Fukushima derived contamination in fish caught in the North Pacific and sold...
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