Rochelle Baker
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter at National Observer
Rochelle Baker: LJI reporter & @NatObserver My beat: where the ocean meets trees. I have fled Twitter. See me: @rochellebaker1.bsky, @rochellebaker1, Linkedin
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5 days ago |
cheknews.ca | Rochelle Baker
Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in B.C.’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a scientific advisory panel is warning. A once-abundant predator of the sea floor along the Pacific coast, stretching from Alaska to Baja California, Pycnopodia helianthoides, has been assessed as endangered by the federal Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
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1 week ago |
nationalobserver.com | Rochelle Baker
Researchers studying water quality in the Fraser River found wildfires are boosting the concentration of heavy metals, such as arsenic, lead and other materials, like nitrogen and phosphorus, with potential health impacts to the river and Salish Sea. A recent University of British Columbia study analyzed water quality in the Fraser River Basin north of Hope, along with two decades of wildfire data up to 2023, said lead author Emily Brown, at UBC's Institute of Oceans and Fisheries.
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1 week ago |
asianpacificpost.com | Rochelle Baker
By Rochelle BakerLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterCanada is launching an international effort to tackle the swell of ocean noise pollution harming marine life across the globe, sparking hope among conservation groups for quieter Canadian waters. At the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, delegates from Canada and Panama partnered this week to launch the high-ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean, the first global declaration devoted solely to reducing human-caused ocean noise.
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1 week ago |
cheknews.ca | Rochelle Baker
The BC government spent a decade killing wolves to protect caribou. Now, critics warn that despite questions about its effectiveness, ethics and impact on the rest of the environment, the government is moving to make the wolf cull a permanent part of its strategy.
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1 week ago |
vancouverisawesome.com | Rochelle Baker
The climate-driven wildfires currently razing Canada’s northern forests and darkening skies across the continent may have an unexpected effect: according to a new study, the fires may reduce global warming and sea ice melt in the Arctic. The rising impact of blazes in Canada and Siberia’s boreal regions over the next 35 years will slow warming by 12 per cent globally and 38 per cent in the Arctic, according to recent climate modelling research at the University of Washington (UW).
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