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Citizen Science

December Citizen Seawater Sampling by SurfRider VI in Port Renfrew BC

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Dec. 14, 2014

Port Renfrew BC

Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island chapter is helping to coordinate citizen science sampling in the South Island region and in particular Port Renfrew.  SurfRider_VI_logo

Lucas Harris is Vice Chair of the chapter and headed out to catch the surf yesterday.  Surfrider will begin coordinating with interested volunteers in Port Renfrew for the January 2015 sampling.  Thanks to Surfrider for all of the help in making the InFORM project a success thus far.  If you are interested in the health of our oceans and are interested in connecting with like minded people who also love to surf check out their organization. Continue reading December Citizen Seawater Sampling by SurfRider VI in Port Renfrew BC →

Citizen Science

Citizen Science Sampling in Bella Bella BC by Bella Bella Community School

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November 18, 2014

Bella Bella BC

 

The Bella Bella Community School helped to collect the first seawater sample for Fukushima radionuclide monitoring from Lama Pass in November.  Thanks to Vic Gladish, Marneé Bellavance and the Grade 8 science students who helped out the InFORM project.

 

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Presentations, Presentations & Media

Guest Blog Post on Cancer Prevention Centre: Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia

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By Jay T. Cullen

Originally posted to Cancer Prevention Centre on Dec. 9, 2014

Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia

On the granite blocks that make up the south side of Ogden Point Breakwater getting ready to take the first InFORM sample (photo by Katherine Maas)
On the granite blocks that make up the south side of Ogden Point Breakwater getting ready to take the first InFORM sample (photo by Katherine Maas)

Public demand for information about the impact of the triple reactor meltdowns in March 2011 at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant on the marine ecosystem and on the health of those residing on the Pacific coast of North America is considerable. After all, as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, radioactive elements from the nuclear power plant, including but not limited to cesium, iodine, strontium, and plutonium, were released—and continue to be released—into the atmosphere and ocean. In the more than three years since the disaster, these elements have been distributed across the Pacific Ocean and around the globe. Continue reading Guest Blog Post on Cancer Prevention Centre: Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia →

Interviews, Presentations & Media

Story About Our Partner Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island’s Conservation Efforts

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Shaw TV’s journalist Rajie Kabli interviews Lucas Harris of Surfrider Vancouver Island, a local partner organization that likes to ride the waves, and keep the beaches clean. Lucas and his organization are helping InFORM to coordinate with citizen scientists in the South Island area to monitor for Fukushima derived radioisotopes in coastal waters. Check them out here. Thanks to Rajie for here interest in our project.