Impacts Photo by Peter Kaltenborn on Unsplash 15 big issues poised to impact oceans and coasts Experts from around the world put their heads together to consider effects of emerging trends on marine and coastal biodiversity.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Peru Repsol oil spill leaves fishermen without work, upends ancestral tradition More than a month after the environmental disaster more than 2,000 artisanal fishermen are still out of work — with few options.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Japan’s plan for Fukushima wastewater meets a wall of mistrust in Asia The government in Tokyo says criticism of its intention to release treated water into the ocean is unscientific. South Korea has called the proposal “utterly intolerable.”
Politics www.nytimes.com Japan to start releasing radioactive water from Fukushima in 2 years The government says the plan is the best way to dispose of water used to prevent the ruined nuclear plant’s damaged reactor cores from melting.
Impacts Narwhal tusks tell a troubling tale An analysis of the 10-foot-long teeth shows that as the Arctic warms, narwhal diets are changing, and their bodies are accumulating more mercury.
Politics www.nytimes.com The mayor’s house was firebombed. The message: Keep our town nuclear-free A furor in an ailing Japanese fishing outpost shows the deep anxiety that remains in the country 10 years after the Fukushima disaster.
Politics The race against catastrophe In Arctic waters, researchers are scrambling to record baseline environmental data, while communities brace for the inevitable—shipping disasters.
