by Beth Holmes | Jan 30, 2023 | Green Energy
The Fukushima water release will follow international safety standards, attests a United Nations nuclear agency. The plan is to release treated radioactive cooling water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, probably beginning this spring or summer....
by Beth Holmes | Aug 30, 2021 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Information
Water from Fukushima nuclear power plant will be released soon via a tunnel, which will take it well out to sea to avoid interfering with local fishing. The Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was heavily damaged during the 2011 earthquake that rocked Japan, has now...
by Beth Holmes | Apr 26, 2021 | Climate Change, Conservation
For over a thousand years, the blooming of cherry blossoms has been a key event of the year in Japan, celebrated by huge crowds. Celebrated, and recorded. Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher from Osaka Prefecture University, has collected records of the annual sakura (cherry...
