Oceans
- Japan, Environment, Coastlines, Oceans, Marine life, Europe, Climate crisis, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Zoology, Asia Pacific, Whales, Biology, Science, Iceland
‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
Bowhead whales may not be the only species that can live to 200 years old. Researchers have found that the ind…
- Deep-sea mining, Endangered habitats, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific
Deep-sea mining causes huge decreases in sealife across wide region, says study
Scientists caution against rush to mine the seabed, and say it could be decades before the full impact on mari…
- Faroe Islands, Denmark, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Politics, Norway, Marine life, Dolphins, Trade policy, Conservation, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Whales, UK news, Green politics, Iceland
Dolphins, whales and seals being failed by UK government policy, MPs say
UK urged to use trade deals as bargaining tool to protect marine mammalsDolphins and other marine mammals are …
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Researchers near Japan capture footage of deepest fish ever recorded underwater – video
Scientists have captured footage of a fish swimming more than 8km underwater, setting a new record for the dee…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Restaurants, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific, Whales, Food
Whale meat on the menu as Japanese suppliers try to tempt tourists
With the domestic market in long-term decline, whalers and restaurants are working with the Japan travel burea…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Conservation, Climate crisis, Animals, Wildlife, Fishing, Asia Pacific, Japanese food and drink, Food, Fish
Thin fish, small catches: can Japan’s sushi culture survive climate crisis?
Global heating is warming waters, changing salmon and tuna migration – and hurting fisheriesThere is little at…
- Japan, Environment, Oceans, Marine life, Conservation, Whaling, Animals, Cetaceans, Wildlife, World news, Asia Pacific
Japan’s whaling town struggles to keep 400 years of tradition alive
The resumption of killing whales for profit for the first time in over 30 years is offering little cause for c…
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Message in a bottle from Japan washes up on Hawaii beach after 37 years
Discovery made by a local girl comes decades after the bottle was put into the sea by schoolchildren as part o…
- Fukushima, Japan, Environment, Oceans, Nuclear power, Marine life, Fishing, Health, World news, Asia Pacific, Energy, Water, Fish
Everything you need to know about the plan to release treated Fukushima water
Japan has announced it will dump 1m tonnes of contaminated water into the ocean, sparking controversyFukushima…
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Fukushima reactor water could damage human DNA if released, says Greenpeace
Environmental organisation says ‘dangerous’ levels of carbon-14 exist in water that could soon be released int…
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Crews prepare to sink Mauritius spill ship despite opposition
MV Wakashio has split in two and leaked 1,000 tonnes of oil into the water since it ran agroundSalvage crews w…
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‘I raised hell’: how people worldwide answered the call of World Oceans Day
From protecting fishing communities to regrowing coral reefs, Guardian readers and environmentalists share how…