Vote to help Raincoast win a Land Rover to launch our mobile lab, Tracker
Last year, we launched our Healthy Waters Program to provide a much-needed community-oriented water pollution monitoring capacity, and bring insight…
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Assessing whether the 2021 floods caused a spillover of pollutants into fish habitat in the lower Fraser Valley
The catastrophic floods caused by a series of atmospheric rivers, early and sudden snowmelt in the mountains, and several dike…
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Rising waters, pollution spillover, and salmon habitat in the Sumas Lake area of the Lower Fraser Valley: The catastrophic ‘atmospheric rivers’ of 2021
November of 2021 was a month like many others for the temperate rainforest of coastal British Columbia – variable winds…
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The MV ZIM Kingston incident brought near-disaster to killer whale critical babitat: more questions than answers
It is November 24, 2021, and the MV ZIM Kingston still lies at anchor off Victoria, waiting for a port…
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Unpredictability of spills and how we are addressing them
Spills of oil and chemicals into British Columbia’s freshwater and ocean environments have killed fish, degraded habitat, and led to…
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Plastic pollution threatens salmon, whales and people
Plastics from just about every sector can now be found all over the world – from mountain tops to the…
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Meet Dr. Peter Ross, Director of Raincoast’s new Healthy Waters program
Dr. Peter Ross, an internationally recognized ocean pollution expert, joined the Raincoast team this summer, bringing a wealth of relevant…
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They’re everywhere: research finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic has long proven to be a barometer of the health of our planet. This remote part of the…
