National / Science & Health Feb 9, 2022
COVID-19 face mask recovered from sea turtle caught off Japan coast
The juvenile green turtle was by-caught alive in a set net off Iwate Prefecture in August 2021.
National / Science & Health Aug 21, 2018
Scientists warn of 'unprecedented changes' on Japan's marine life as amount of CO2 increases
by William Hollingworth
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 ...
National Mar 4, 2016
Tohoku tsunami debris, some with invasive life, still turning up on North American West Coast
by Sophie Jackman
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 ...
World / Science & Health Mar 12, 2015
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 ...