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UBC Pacific Rim Initiative for Sustainable Marine Systems
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PRISMS brings together researchers from engineering, science, and social science to advance marine research that addresses the urgent challenges facing Canada’s and the world’s oceans. www.prisms.ubc.ca
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New research led by Dalhousie, with help from Hakai, reveals that killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins may be cooperatively foraging off northern Vancouver Island. Using drones and underwater tags, researchers captured whales following dolphins on deep dives.

Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reposted by UBC Pacific Rim Initiative for Sustainable Marine Systems
Canada + Chile = a new era of Pacific Rim #ocean #science!

The PMSA and the Océanos Institute signed an agreement to expand joint research + training across the #Pacific, #Arctic, and #Antarctic. The partnership is supported by PRISMS (@ubcprisms.bsky.social), a PMSA–MEOPAR collab.

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Collaboration Between Canadian and Chilean University Consortiums Strives to Understand and Protect the Ocean   - Pacific Marine Science Alliance
Geographically, there are five oceans on planet Earth, and though each one may seem different, there is really only one inter-connected ocean; One Ocean with challenges that transcend cultural and pol...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM