In 2014, the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project (SSMSP) began, launching over thirty scientific studies into the lifecycle of Coho and Chinook Salmon of the Salish Sea. These West Coast fisheries collapsed over twenty years ago, and have not since recovered. At the close of this five-year program, researchers hope to understand why salmon mortality is so high. Their aim … Read More about Fin-ished? Citizen scientists cast CTDs as part of an investigation of salmon mortality in British Columbia’s Salish Sea
Ice Shelves, Ice Islands and Measuring Change in the High Arctic
In Canada’s High Arctic, within the fiords of Ellesmere Island, there are lakes that float upon the Arctic Ocean. Called epishelf lakes, they are glacially-fed bodies of freshwater that sit atop a steep halocline. The lakes exist only where the ice shelves, filling the mouths of the fiords, act as dams, holding the water from flowing into the ocean. In … Read More about Ice Shelves, Ice Islands and Measuring Change in the High Arctic
BAS begins monitoring waters under largest ice shelf in Antarctica
Drilling ice deeper than most of the world’s freestanding structures: Dr. Makinson discusses deploying instruments in Antarctica.
High risk, high potential: Conducting research near Greenland’s outlet glaciers
Sometimes high potential comes with high risk. Dr. Clark Richards sees the potential and uses an innovative solution to research how ocean dynamics are destabilizing Greenland’s glaciers.