Scientists warn of 'unprecedented changes' on Japan's marine life as amount of CO2 increases
Japan's marine life could see "unprecedented changes" if carbon dioxide emissions keep increasing, a team of British, Japanese and Italian scientists warned in a recently published study. The academics have been studying the effects of higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere upon marine fauna and ...
Tohoku tsunami debris, some with invasive life, still turning up on North American West Coast
When debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeast Japan first wended its over through the Pacific Ocean's currents, concerns about potential radioactive contaminants from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster briefly gripped residents of Hawaii and North America's West ...
Oceans yield 1,500 new creatures in past year; many others lurk unknown
Scientists identified almost 1,500 new creatures in the world's oceans last year, including a humpbacked dolphin and a giant jellyfish, and reckon that most species of marine life are yet to be found. The experts publishing their findings Thursday listed a total of 228,450 marine ...
