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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
adidas x Parley Ocean Plastic Recycled Shoes: Why the UltraBOOST Helps Protect the Ocean
Climate Change
What Is a Marine Heatwave? How Abnormally High Water Temperature Triggers Coral Bleaching and Mass Die-offs
Food Loss
Reducing Seafood Food Loss: An Overview of Freshness Decay, Off-Grade Waste, and Freezing Solutions
Recycling & Resources
The Complete Guide to Fishing Net Recycling | The Frontline of Regenerated Nylon and Ghost Gear Countermeasures
Disaster Recovery
13 Years of Fisheries Recovery After the Great East Japan Earthquake: Rebuilding Ports, a Shrinking Workforce, and the State of Fisheries Modernization
Natural Environment
A Complete Guide to Tidal Flat Conservation: The Muddy Sea That Nurtures Life and Purifies Water, and the Challenge of Restoration
Biodiversity
Why Japan's Seas Boast World-Class Biodiversity | Kuroshio, Oyashio, Deep Sea, and Endemic Species
Coral
Why Does Coral Mass Spawning Happen? How the Full Moon and Water Temperature Trigger the "Underwater Snowstorm"
Marine Biology
What Is Dolphin Echolocation? The Secret of the Melon That Sees Prey Through Sound
Marine Environmental Issues
The Threat of the Marine Heatwave "The Blob": Mass Fish Die-Offs, Distribution Shifts, Aquaculture Damage, and Long-Term Ecosystem Impacts
Decarbonization
What Is J Blue Credit? Japan's Ocean Decarbonization Market Turning Seagrass and Tidal Flat CO2 into Money
SDGs Products
A Complete Guide to Patagonia's NetPlus: How Discarded Fishing Nets Are Reborn as Hats and Jackets
SDGs Company Cases
AEON's "TOPVALU" MSC- and ASC-Certified Seafood: A Procurement Reform That Protects the Ocean, Starting from the Shelf
Climate Change
Why Warming Seas Are Supercharging Typhoons: The Science of Rapid Intensification and Super Typhoons
Recycling & Resources
What Are Recycled Ocean Plastic Products? How Apparel and Electronics Are Using Them, and the Quality and Cost Challenges
Food Loss
Putting Unused Fish to Use Is Changing Our Tables and Fisheries — How School Lunches, Processed Foods, and Hometown Tax Donations Are Cutting Food Loss
Disaster Recovery
The Recovery of Sanriku's Fisheries: From Restarting Wakame, Scallop, and Oyster Farming to Building a Brand
Biodiversity
The Front Line of Japanese Eel Conservation: Overfishing, Habitat Loss, and the Hope of Full-Cycle Aquaculture for an Endangered Species
Natural Environment
The Cradle of Fish: Restoring Seaweed and Seagrass Beds | An Easy Guide to Eelgrass Bed Creation, Barren-Ground Countermeasures, and the Value of Blue Carbon
Marine Biology