March 2016 InFORMal Update
Tag Archives: Coastal Monitoring
Dr Cullen Discussing the Fukushima Anniversary with CBC On the Island
Dr. Cullen spoke with Gregor Craigie of CBC’s On the Island today about the status of the Fukushima disaster and radiation five years after the accident.
Listen to the interview.
Presentation to DFO State of the Pacific Ocean
The annual State of the Pacific meeting was held on March 1, 2016 at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC. We presented this poster to our peers investigating other contemporary phenomenon. Click on the poster to view a larger version.
December 2015 InFORMal Monitoring Update
July 2015 InFORMal Monitoring Update
Results* from April citizen science monitoring are now available from 8 of 11 (above: bold italics) of the current InFORM sampling locations. Additionally, two samples from May are available from Ucluelet and Port Renfrew. The Ucluelet sample was collected by the Ucluelet Aquarium for our partner organization, Our Radioactive Ocean, on May 7th and did contain trace amounts (0.5 Bq m-3) of the Fukushima fingerprint, 134Cs, with it’s short ~2 year half life. The total level of activity from this sample is roughly half the activity of the February sample, which was the last time 134Cs was detected on the BC coast. Continue reading July 2015 InFORMal Monitoring Update
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