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SDGs Products
What Is the MSC Blue Fish Label? How to Spot Sustainable Seafood at the Supermarket
SDGs Company Cases
Maruha Nichiro's Sustainable Seafood: A Neutral Look at Its Resource-Assessment Disclosure and Certification Expansion
Coral
Can We Build Heat-Resistant Coral? Selective Breeding, Symbiont Swapping, and Acclimatization for Reefs That Can Withstand Warming
Marine Biology
The Mystery of the Anglerfish's Hunting and Reproduction: A Glowing Lantern and a Male That Fuses Into the Female
Marine Biology
The Mantis Shrimp's Astonishing Vision and Ultimate Punch | The Science Behind 16 Photoreceptor Types, Polarized Vision, and a Shockwave-Generating Strike
Marine Environmental Issues
How Bottom Trawling Destroys the Seafloor and Releases Carbon: The Shift Toward Sustainable Fishing
Marine Biology
The Octopus's Astonishing Camouflage and Intelligence | The Ocean's Ninja That Sees Light Through Its Skin and Rules Its Chromatophores
Marine Environmental Issues
What Is Bycatch? A Clear Guide to How Whales, Sea Turtles, and Seabirds Get Caught in Nets — And What's Being Done
Marine Biology
The Ocean Mystery of Male Seahorse Pregnancy | Courtship Dances, Camouflage, and Conservation from Overharvesting
Coral
What Is Cold-Water Coral? The "Forest of Time" That Lives for Millennia in the Lightless Deep Sea, and the Threat of Bottom Trawling
SDGs Company Cases
Nissui's Sustainable Seafood Sourcing | Surveying 304 Species to Reach 100% by 2030
Marine Biology
A Complete Guide to Deep-Sea Bioluminescence: How Creatures Glow, Three Reasons Why, and the Mystery of the Anglerfish
Marine Environmental Issues
Red Tides, Blue Tides, and Eutrophication Explained: Mechanisms and Countermeasures in the Seto Inland Sea and Ariake Sea
Marine Environmental Issues
What Are Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)? The 30by30 Target, Japan's Progress, and Balancing Conservation with Fishing
Marine Biology
Phytoplankton Produce Half of Earth's Oxygen — The Ocean's Food Chain and the Story of Carbon
Marine Environmental Issues
What Is Ghost Gear? The Fishing Nets Still Catching Fish in the Ocean, and What's Being Done
Marine Biology
Why Are Octopuses and Squid So Intelligent? Nine Brains, a Distributed Nervous System, Camouflage, and the Science of Short Lives
Coral
What Is Coral Reef Restoration Technology? Transplantation, Larval Supply, Electrodeposition, and the Challenge at Sekisei Lagoon
Marine Biology
Why Doesn't the Clownfish Get Stung? The Secret of Its Symbiosis with Sea Anemones and Their Protective Mucus
Marine Environmental Issues
Could Sea Level Rise Wipe Out 90% of Japan's Beaches? Ports, Groundwater, Storm Surge Risk, and Coastal Protection
Coral
Why Does Coral Bleaching Happen? How High Water Temperature Strips Away Symbiotic Algae, and Where Recovery Ends
SDGs Company Cases
Ocean Plastic Becomes Shoes: adidas x Parley's Challenge to Restore the Ocean, and Its Limits
Decarbonization
What Is Decarbonizing International Shipping? A Full Explanation of IMO Regulations and the Shift to Ammonia and Methanol Fuel
SDGs Products