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Disaster Recovery
The recovery of seaweed aquaculture: rebuilding Sanriku wakame and kombu, its workforce and blue carbon
Natural Environment
Meltwater as a Resource: How Snow Sustains Spring Irrigation, and What Warm Winters Mean
Biodiversity
Life in the Rice Paddy: Frogs, Loaches and Water Insects in Japan's Man-Made Wetlands
Natural Environment
How Headwater Forests Store Water: The Science Behind Japan's "Green Dam"
Others
Japan's Fisher Shortage: The Successor Crisis in an Era of 120,000 Fishers
SDGs Company Cases
Changing the Ocean from an Airline Tray: MSC/ASC Certified Seafood and Procurement Reform
Others
Lighthouses as Maritime Heritage | Japan's Lighthouse History, 16 Climbable Towers, Preservation and Tourism
Natural Environment
How Waterfalls Form: Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Faults and the Science of Erosion
Biodiversity
Why Are So Many Species Found Only in Ogasawara? The "Galapagos of the Orient," Its Land Snails, Plants, and the Battle Against Invasive Species
Disaster Recovery
Fukushima Seafood Monitoring and the Road Back to Full Fishing Operations
Others
What Is Citizen Science? Anyone Can Join a Wildlife Survey — and Here's How the Data Gets Used
Coral
The Coral Microbiome: How Microbes Protect Corals and the Probiotics Fighting Bleaching
Marine Environmental Issues
Why Japan Filled In Its Tidal Flats: 33,000 Hectares Lost, and What Remains in Tokyo Bay and the Ariake Sea
Coral
Why Atolls Are Shaped Like Rings: Darwin's Subsidence Theory and the Drill Cores That Proved It
Marine Environmental Issues
Why Is the Thermohaline Circulation (AMOC) Weakening? The Ocean's Great Conveyor Belt and the Truth Behind Climate Catastrophe Scenarios
Marine Environmental Issues
What Happens When Antarctic Ice Melts: Sea Ice Loss, Ice Shelf Collapse, Ecosystems and Sea Level
Marine Environmental Issues
Microfibres Released by Laundry: Hundreds of Thousands of Plastic Fibres per Wash and What Households Can Do
Marine Environmental Issues
Why Can We Still Eat Eel, an Endangered Species? The State of the Resource and Choices for the Future
Marine Environmental Issues
What Is IUU Fishing? Up to 26 Million Tonnes Stolen a Year, and How Satellites and Law Fight Back
Marine Environmental Issues
Is the Ocean Carbon Sink Reaching Its Limit? The Three Pumps and the Signs of Weakening
Marine Environmental Issues
The Environmental Impact of Aquaculture: Uneaten Feed, Antibiotics, Fishmeal, and the Frontier of Sustainable Fish Farming
Marine Environmental Issues
How Dams Cause Coastal Erosion: Trapped Sediment, Vanishing Beaches, and the Push to Return Sand to the Sea
Marine Environmental Issues
What Is Deep-Sea Mining? The Race for Rare Metals and Its Irreversible Impact on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
Marine Environmental Issues