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The importance of coastal foredunes as a nature-based solution for shoreline protection: What Hurricane Fiona tells us

Written on December 16, 2022.

-By Jeff Ollerhead, Robin Davidson-Arnott, and Bernard O. Bauer- Figure 1: A) Foredune erosion at the Greenwich Dunes eastern beach access post-Fiona (photo taken west to east). The inset shows the...

The birth of the HAWC

Written on November 7, 2022.

-By Hind Al-Abadleh, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Adam Bourassa, and Kaley Walker- On October 18, 2022, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced...

High-resolution ocean modelling of British Colombia’s fjords

Written on November 1, 2022.

-By Krysten Rutherford and Laura Bianucci- The nearshore and coastal ocean is an important region, acting as a buffer between the land and the open ocean. As a result, it experiences climate change...

Retrospective: Robie W. Macdonald, OC, FRSC (1947-2022)

Written on October 24, 2022.

-By Sophia C. Johannessen and Jules M. Blais- This retrospective was first published on FACETS on 22 September 2022. Robie (Rob) Macdonald studied large-scale ocean systems, including the global carbon...

Cold Arctic outflow winds cool and reoxygenate coastal waters in Bute Inlet, British Columbia

Written on October 5, 2022.

– By Jennifer Jackson, Jody Klymak, Keith Holmes, Wiley Evans, Alex Hare, Charles Hannah, Bill Floyd, Laura Bianucci, Di Wan– Anthropogenic climate change has led to the warming (Johnson et Lumpkin,...

Future ocean changes: What can ecosystem models tell us?

Written on September 26, 2022.

– By Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz – Climate change is impacting all aspects of life across the globe. Oceans are becoming warmer and more acidic causing a cascade of consequences for marine life — heightened...

Cold fingers: A potential new salt transport process under lake ice

Written on September 12, 2022.

– By Jason Olsthoorn – Introduction The more we look under lake ice, the more unexpected things we find. Recent field campaigns have shown that photoplankton levels under lake ice can be almost as...

Ocean Decade Community of Practice

Written on September 6, 2022.

– By Jia Yi Fan – The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (referred to as Ocean Decade) is an effort to catalyze action and innovation in order to achieve “the science...

Recap: PRODIGY field school on Quadra Island

Written on September 1, 2022.

– By Isabelle Lao – In May 2022, leading faculty from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Victoria (UVic), and Waterloo (UWaterloo) held a weeklong field school at the Hakai Coastal Ecological...