Tiny earthquakes a sign that deep sea eruption is likely off Vancouver Island
An eruption of magma under the Pacific Ocean floor far off Vancouver Island will be so hot the water will fizz but only scientists will notice.
Ocean Networks Canada
Pink sea urchins are inching into shallower B.C. waters as climate changes
Pink sea urchins off the coast of Vancouver Island are expanding into shallower waters, in what researchers say is an indication of how rapidly climate change is affecting ocean life.
Canadian government to invest $46.5 million in deep-sea research
Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray said understanding of the marine environment is "relatively meagre" given that oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth's surface.
Sucking carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it deep below the ocean floor
The Solid Carbon initiative aims to scrub vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air before pumping it into basalt reservoirs below the ocean floor, where it will transform into rock.
A North American blue economy powerhouse
Canada’s longest coastline in the world, along with the U.S.’s largest exclusive economic zone, makes for an ocean-based North American blue economy powerhouse of the future, writes Kate Moran.
