By Aaron Sheldrick (Reuters) - At the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, workers in protective suits are still removing radioactive material from reactors that melted down after an earthquake and tsunami knocked out its power and cooling nearly nine years ago. On an exclusive tour of the plant, spread over 3.5 million square meters (865 acres), Reuters witnessed … [Read more...]
Woods Hole Oceanographic Conducts Search For Nuclear Fallout
An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan. The group of 17 researchers and technicians from eight institutions spent 15 days at sea in June 2011 studying ocean currents, and sampling water and … [Read more...]
Drilling Into The Tsunami – An Update From The Chikyu
Reaching from Chile up to the Bering Sea, then down again to New Zealand, the fault lines circling the Pacific Ocean are named The Pacific Ring of Fire and are collectively responsible for many fo the world's most devastating earthquakes, including the giant tsnumai that obliterated seaside communities in Japan last year. The scientific community is fighting back with a plan … [Read more...]
Ship Photo of The Week – Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off British Columbia
More than a year after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, a Japanese fishing boat has been found drifting aimlessly off the coast of British Columbia. The beat up 150-foot trawler was spotted on March 20 by an aircraft while on a routine patrol approximately 150 nautical miles from the southern coast of Canada's Haida Gwaii islands, drifting … [Read more...]
WOC – We need your help in tracking marine debris from Japan’s tsunami
The World Ocean Council (WOC) is reaching out to the maritime community and vessels transiting between Japan and North America for information and observations of marine debris from the tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11, 2011. “Reporting on the tsunami debris is an important and immediate opportunity for leadership companies to support the better understanding … [Read more...]