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China Implements Ban on Japanese Seafood Imports as Fukushima Wastewater Enters Pacific Ocean

China Implements Ban on Japanese Seafood Imports as Fukushima Wastewater Enters Pacific Ocean

Storage tanks holding treated water at TEPCO’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on Aug. 24, 2023. STR / JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on …

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Japan Initiates Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water into the Pacific Ocean

Japan Initiates Discharge of Fukushima Nuclear Plant Water into the Pacific Ocean

A damaged house (front) with the facilities of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (back) seen from Ukedo fishing port in Namie, Fukushima prefecture on Aug. 20, 2023. PHILIP FONG / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is …

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Another Compelling Case for Preserving the Deep Ocean: Unveiling the Astonishing Findings of Life Below Hydrothermal Vents

Another Compelling Case for Preserving the Deep Ocean: Unveiling the Astonishing Findings of Life Below Hydrothermal Vents

A vulcanoctopus (a small benthic octopus endemic to hydrothermal vents) is seen near muscles and tubeworms near Tica Vent on the East Pacific Rise 2,500 meters deep. Experiments testing the theory of species dispersal through cracks in the Earth’s crust were performed in this area. ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute Why you can trust …

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Late El Niño and Record Ocean Temperatures Double Likelihood of ‘Above Normal’ Hurricane Season, says NOAA

Late El Niño and Record Ocean Temperatures Double Likelihood of ‘Above Normal’ Hurricane Season, says NOAA

A GOES-16 (GOES East) visible satellite image of Hurricane Don at 6:20 PM EDT on July 22, 2023 in the Atlantic. Don was the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, …

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