TOKYO — Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China. The plan, approved two years ago by the Japanese government as crucial to decommissioning… Continue reading Japan to release Fukushima water into the ocean starting Thursday
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They fled the Maui wildfires by jumping into the ocean. Then they needed to survive the sea.
One of the many abandoned cars near the shoreline of the Hawaiian island of Maui exploded, shaking the earth and blanketing the dozens of people bobbing in the ocean with a brief blast of heat. In the chilly Pacific waters, where they had spent hours fighting against the powerful pull of tides, the wave of… Continue reading They fled the Maui wildfires by jumping into the ocean. Then they needed to survive the sea.
Teen brothers share story of survival after jumping into ocean with mother during Maui fires
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A West Coast ocean heat wave adds to a summer of extremes
An intense marine heat wave has developed off the U.S. West Coast, pushing sea surface temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal. The expanse of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, being tracked by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, first formed and started growing more than 1,000 miles offshore in May. In… Continue reading A West Coast ocean heat wave adds to a summer of extremes
Founder of The Ocean Cleanup is ridding the world of ocean plastic
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