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May 12, 2017

The Great Thaw: our melting Arctic must be monitored and Canada should lead the way

The following OpEd written by Ocean Networks Canada President Kate Moran was published in The Hill Times on Monday, 8 May 2017.

Imagine autumn in the Gatineau’s without trees, or the Rideau River without water. Now imagine the Arctic without ice. All unimaginable images, yet despite our proud “Great White North” designation, the problem in grasping the magnitude of this meltdown is that it seems so far away. In fact, the vast majority of Canada’s 35 million citizens know only of the Arctic through the pages of school textbooks, and it’s easy to see why. According to the 2016 census, 66% of Canadians live within 100 kilometres of the U.S. border, as far from...

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Arctic | Camridge Bay | climate change | sea ice | Temperature

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Apr 27, 2017

Cool tech, hard science and daring innovation - Expedition 2017: Wiring the Abyss

Ocean exploration is as exciting and complex as traveling into outer space. It involves cool tech, hard science, daring innovation, and a large team of highly qualified personnel. And thanks to underwater cameras and telepresence technology, the public can participate in Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) quest to know the ocean.

Starting on 28 April, Expedition 2017: Wiring the Abyss is ONC’s first major expedition of the year. This ten-day operation involves a team of 35 scientists, engineers, technicians, and data specialists who will live aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully...

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Wiring the Abyss | expedition 2017 | CCGS Tully | ddl | Pelagic Research Services | ROV Odysseus

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Sep 12, 2018

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Jul 18, 2017

Tumbling to success: delta dynamics laboratory becomes scientific highlight
Apr 24, 2017

Apr 26, 2017

Do fish talk? An innovative experiment to study fish using sound and imaging

Understanding whether fish communicate using sound is of growing interest and importance. Although many fish species are soniferous⎯they naturally produce sounds⎯we know very little about how and why this happens. Among the approximately 400 known marine fish species swimming in British Columbia waters, only 22 have been reported to be soniferous, although many more species are suspected to produce sound.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is partnering with University of Victoria and the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, to deploy an innovative experiment to study fish behaviour through sound and imaging. Combining video and passive acoustics (i.e., hydrophones) with acoustic imaging, the experiment aims to better understand fish behaviours through fish-emitting...

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soniferous | fish behavior | Acoustics | SIIM | Hydrophone | ARIS Imaging sonar

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Apr 24, 2017

Tumbling to success: delta dynamics laboratory becomes scientific highlight

How do you study a moving wall of water and sediment the size of a truck traveling at 30 kilometers per hour? A paper about a spectacular Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) dataset was recently selected as one of science journal Sedimentology’s Top 10 articles of 2016, as an example showcasing “good practice, innovative approaches, and noteworthy advances of our science.” Congratulations to marine geoscientist Gwyn Lintern (Figure 1) and colleagues from Natural Resources Canada who published this paper on the tumbling delta dynamics laboratory platform.

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delta dynamics | laboratory | Gwyn Lintern | Fraser River | subsea landslide | ddl

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Mar 30, 2017

Q&A with Kim Martini

In March 2017, physical oceanographer Kim Martini hopped on a seaplane from Seattle to visit Victoria, BC. Kim works with Seabird Scientific and she was invited by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to deliver a boot camp on how to get the best data from Seabird's oxygen sensors. Not only is Kim an experienced ocean scientist, but she is also a well-known science communicator and blogger with Deep Sea News.

We sat down with Kim to talk about the value of Twitter, pitching stories, leveraging humour, and what's next for science communication.

Hello Victoria! For the next two days I'll be working with the folks at...

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Mar 27, 2017

A first anniversary for British Columbia’s community observatories

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Coastal communities are facing a variety of rapid environmental changes. Real-time data from cabled observatories can be used by community members to make informed decisions about their coastal and marine resources.

In March 2016, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) continued to push the innovation envelope by deploying three community observatories along the British Columbia coast: in Campbell River, Kitamaat Village, and Prince Rupert (Figure 1). After a year in operation, this first anniversary review celebrates the successes, challenges, and future for ONC’s community observatories.

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community | observatory | community observatories | Science | outreach | Kitamaat | Kitamaat Village | Prince Rupert | port alberni | Campbell River | indigenous | ways of knowing | weather stations

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Bringing Indigenous knowledge to the table at OceanObs’19
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Celebrating Queenswood’s first anniversary with Coast Salish Art
Jan 30, 2020

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Helping remote coastal communities to #knowtheocean
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Mar 14, 2017

Federal funding supports British Columbia's earthquake early warning system

Good news for British Columbia! Ocean Networks Canada is one of 26 projects to be selected for funding through the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP), a federal program led by Defence Research and Development Canada, in partnership with Public Safety Canada.

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This funding will support our ongoing work with Hon. Naomi Yamamoto, BC's Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness, and...

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EEW | Earthquake warning | DRDC | Public Safety | warning systems | CSSP | Emergency Management | Canada | security

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Mar 8, 2017

Celebrating International Women's Day coast to coast

For International Women’s Day, we celebrate two powerful ocean leaders who stand on guard for the sea on Canada's east and west coasts.

Kate Moran and Wendy Watson-Wright

On the Pacific coast, Ocean Networks Canada’s CEO Dr. Kate Moran (left) is an internationally renowned ocean engineer who has led several major oceanographic expeditions. And on the Atlantic coast, Dr. Wendy Watson-Wright is CEO of Dalhousie University's brand new...

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International Women's Day | Women in STEM | women | STEM | #internationalwomensday

Jan 23, 2017

The warm Blob chills out

2017 began with an icy snap: in early January, British Columbia experienced the first really cold weather in several years. Starting in late 2013, wind and weather patterns over the northeast Pacific shifted, evolving into what has become known as the warm Blob (Figure 1). The surface temperatures of this massive region of the northeast Pacific Ocean climbed as much as three degrees Celcius above the seasonal average.

Warm Blob in June 2015 NOAA sea surface temperature maps

Figure 1: The warm Blob in June 2015, as revealed by NOAA sea surface temperature maps.

From 2014-2016, the entire region from California to Alaska experienced long, warm summers and short, mild...

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Blob | Pacific Ocean | El Nino | sensors | Northeast Pacific

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Dec 20, 2016

United States and Canada unite to protect the Arctic

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) applauds the United States and Canada in their resolve to embrace opportunities and confront challenges in the changing Arctic through Indigenous partnerships and responsible, science-based leadership.

On 20 December, President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau issued a United States-Canada Joint Arctic Leaders’ Statement to launch actions ensuring a strong, sustainable, and viable Arctic economy and ecosystem. Actions include low-impact shipping, science-based management of marine resources, and freedom from the future risks of offshore oil and gas activity. Together, these actions set the stage for deeper partnerships with other Arctic nations,...

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Arctic | Cambridge Bay | Trudeau | Obama | United States | partnership

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