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Fukushima To Dump 1 Million Tons Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific
Fukushima To Dump 1 Million Tons Of Radioactive Water Into Pacific Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station is expected to release more than one million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the destroyed nuclear power plant into the ocean after the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the Asian Nikkei Review. More than one thousand […]
End the Navy War Games in the Pacific Ocean
End the Navy War Games in the Pacific Ocean They dirty our waters, threaten health and have harmed women and girls. Cancel RIMPAC. The HMCS Winnipeg is one of two Canadian warships that recently departed BC to participate in the 2020 RIMPAC war games. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Two Canadian warships, the HMCS Regina and the HMCS Winnipeg, recently left to […]
Japan Proposes Dumping Radioactive Waste Into Pacific As Storage Space Dwindles
Japan Proposes Dumping Radioactive Waste Into Pacific As Storage Space Dwindles As the decade comes to an end, the future of nuclear power in the west remains in doubt. Almost nine years ago, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a 15-meter tsunami that disabled the power supply and cooling at three of the reactors at the […]
Did China Just Announce the End of U.S. Primacy in the Pacific?
Did China Just Announce the End of U.S. Primacy in the Pacific? Last week’s military parade previewed a series of game-changing weapons that could neutralize American seapower. Military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles march during a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China at Tiananmen Square on […]
Temperatures In The Pacific Ocean Have Shot Up To Dangerous Levels, And Scientists Are Blaming A “Strange Anomaly”
Temperatures In The Pacific Ocean Have Shot Up To Dangerous Levels, And Scientists Are Blaming A “Strange Anomaly” It is being called “the Pacific marine heatwave of 2019”, and officials are warning that it could have very frightening implications if it does not dissipate soon. Right now, there is a vast expanse of water stretching […]
Radioactive ‘Nuclear Coffin’ May Be Leaking Into The Pacific
Radioactive ‘Nuclear Coffin’ May Be Leaking Into The Pacific UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has sounded the alarm over a giant concrete dome built 40 years ago in the Marshall Islands to contain radioactive waste from Cold War-era atomic tests. According to Guterres, the dome – which houses approximately 73,000 cubic meters of debris on Runit island, […]
An Oceanic Problem: the Atlantic Overturning Current is Slowing
An Oceanic Problem: the Atlantic Overturning Current is Slowing Photo by Michael Mayer | CC BY 2.0 The Atlantic Overturning Current is part of a worldwide twisted loop of ocean water, called the thermohaline cycle (thermo = heat, haline = salt), which emerges very salty and warm out of the Gulf of Mexico, travels north […]
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean
“One Typhoon Away From Full Breach” – US Nuke-Test Dome Leaking Fatal Radiation Into Pacific Ocean Before the 1970s, the United States and other nuclear-armed countries conducted more than 500 atomic weapons tests in the atmosphere. During these tests, radioactive debris and gases were flung up into the atmosphere and traveled around the world. The Centers […]
3 major hurricanes recorded over the Pacific for first time ever
3 major hurricanes recorded over the Pacific for first time ever In a historic development this weekend, three major hurricanes were recorded over the Pacific Ocean for the first time since records have been kept. Hurricane Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Jimena were all classified as Category 4 storms on Sunday, according to the National […]
California Drought and Strengthening El Nino Accelerate Statewide Water Transition
California Drought and Strengthening El Nino Accelerate Statewide Water Transition New infrastructure, laws, and practices help the state respond to hydrologic extremes, but more are needed. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue California’s canal system moves water hundreds of miles from the Sierra Nevada foothills to Los Angeles and San Diego. Adapting […]
Toxic algae blooming off West Coast endangering marine life and forcing seafood bans
Toxic algae blooming off West Coast endangering marine life and forcing seafood bans Algae bloom is 64 km wide and 198 metres deep in places A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and […]
Why B.C. may be in for a long, hot summer
Why B.C. may be in for a long, hot summer A dry spring, a warmer than usual Pacific Ocean, and an El Niño means the hot weather could be here to stay Whenever temperatures approach 30 C in Metro Vancouver, it’s a talker. While the thermostat does get close once or twice each summer, this particular heat […]
Unprecedented Mass Die Offs as Pacific Ocean “Turning Into a Desert” Off California Coast
Unprecedented Mass Die Offs as Pacific Ocean “Turning Into a Desert” Off California Coast “Ocean’s dying, plankton’s dying… it’s people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You’ve gotta tell them. You’ve gotta tell them!” It was the […]
A 1,000 Mile Stretch Of The Pacific Ocean Has Heated Up Several Degrees And Scientists Don’t Know Why
A 1,000 Mile Stretch Of The Pacific Ocean Has Heated Up Several Degrees And Scientists Don’t Know Why According to two University of Washington scientific research papers that were recently released, a 1,000 mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean has warmed up by several degrees, and nobody seems to know why this is happening. This […]
