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Scientists weigh in on dumping of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay
Ken Buesseler on the Cape and Islands NPR station WCAI
Ken named a Geochemistry Fellow by GS-EAG
Dr. Ken Buesseler has been named a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the…
The Power of the Ocean
Opinion piece just published on The Hill by Ken Buesseler December 23, 2021 Carbon dioxide…
Comments on Nov. 2021 Fukushima Radiological Impact Assessment
On November 17, 2021 TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) made public a Radiological Impact Assessment…
NEW Report released on the roll of Oceans in Carbon Dioxide Removal
A NEW report has been released: A Research Strategy for Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal and…
Our Three “Hour” Tour
By Ken Buesseler, NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN For those of us who grew up watching Gilligan’s…
Dive and Discover the Twilight Zone!
Despite some wavy weather and a rolling ship, the Twilight Zone team aboard the Spanish…
10 Years after Fukushima: I’m still worried
It has been 10 years since the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants…
EVENT: March 4th – Fukushima and the Ocean: 10 Years of study and insight
PLEASE JOIN US Thursday March 4th For the 10th anniversary of the accident at the…
Addressing contaminants from Fukushima and the risks of ocean dumping
A fresh look at seawater stored in tanks on the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant…
Understanding Risks of Radioactive Effluent at San Onofre, CA
Surfrider is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the protectoin and enjoyment of the world’s ocean,…
The danger of creating a designer planet
It is natural in the face of an impending emergency to look for something-anything-that will…
MARC XII – Conference Postponed to 2022
International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) Website: http://www.marcconference.org/ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE…
PNAS Cover Shot – Oceans capture more carbon than expected!
A new paper, “Metrics that matter for assessing the ocean biological carbon pump” published online…
WHOI Labs donate supplies to the Covid-19 cause
Despite the fact that the Institution has been virtually shut down during this health crisis…
The US government tested nuclear weapons on a chain of islands in the 1950s: A new project will allow locals to take their own samples
“Marine radiochemist Ken Buesseler is on a quest to provide fresh answers about how much…
Ken on Korean radio about releasing stored Fukushima plant water
As clean up continues at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, workers have filled more…
Minion Robots in the Ocean
Learn about how Minion robots, a technological development for the Ocean Twilight Zone Project, work…
Putting the ‘nuclear coffin’ in perspective
Marine chemist weighs in on leaking radioactive dome in the Pacific By Evan Lubofsky There…
Cafe Thorium T-SHIRTS for Sale!!
You can still buy our T-shirts! Individual sales are available at the following link. Unisex…
What I Learned from an Ocean Radioactivity Testing Project
Enlisting the public in water sampling after the Fukushima disaster helped build and spread scientific…
Previous Events
Ocean Encounters: Radiation: In our ocean, our planet, and our lives
Watch a recording of Ocean Envounters from Wednesday March 24th.
We live on a radioactive planet. With the 10th anniversary of the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, we take a look at the radiation all around us—its natural sources, its human applications, and their impacts on us and our environment.
Fukushima Dai-ichi and the Ocean: 10 Years of Study and Insight
Watch recordings of this event! The events in Japan that began on March 11, 2011, with the country’s largest recorded earthquake and a tsunami of remarkable power, led to releases of radioactive materials from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant that continue today. For humanity and for the oceans, the magnitude, composition, and variety of releases that have occurred over the past 10 years have been unprecedented, and the lessons we continue to learn resonate around the world.