Scott Sutherland
Meteorologist, theweathernetwork.com
Originally published by The Weather Network
Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 8:09 PM – Radioactive isotopes originating from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan have been slowly drifting across the Pacific Ocean since March 2011, and Canadian scientists have been using this to test some of their most basic ideas of how ocean currents work. Continue reading Canadian scientists track Pacific Ocean currents… using Fukushima radiation
Raincoast Education Society is our partner organization in Tofino who is working with citizen scientists to help us collect seawater to monitor for the arrival of Fukushima contamination along our coastline. The video below shows a volunteer wading into the surf at Cox Bay to collect seawater today for the project.
Cox Bay Beach, Tofino BC Canada
Sandspit, Haida Gwaii
Dec. 28, 2014
Second InFORM citizen sample collected by Megan and friends. The group was being watched by a pair of local Ravens. Locals call this Telus Corner. According to Megan and Sian it is located on Copper Bay Road in Sandspit (little Spit to some locals and Mathers Corner to the old timers). Thanks again and Happy New Year to our volunteers.
Continue reading December 2014 Citizen Science Sampling Completed Sandspit, Haida Gwaii BC
@JayTCullen and @FukushimaInFORM
Happy New Year from the InFORM team to all! Continue reading More Seawater Monitoring Results For Bella Bella, Port Hardy, Sandspit, Tofino and Vancouver BC: No Fukushima Contamination as of Nov. 24, 2014
VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail
Published
Tuesday, Dec. 30 2014, 9:07 PM EST
As radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power-plant disaster drifted across the Pacific, fears that salmon and other marine life could be contaminated spread along the British Columbia coast.
But samples gathered by citizen scientists and a more comprehensive study done by Fisheries and Oceans Canada indicate the levels of radiation are so low they pose almost zero risk to human or ecosystem health. Continue reading B.C. radiation risk from Fukushima disaster ‘insignificant:’ research
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