The Maldives Is Racing To Create New Land. Why Are So Many People Concerned? – Nature
![The dredging and reclamation works (utilizing a total of 18 million cubit meters of sand) at K. Gulhifalhu were completed on April 15, 2024 (Courtesy of Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure, Republic of Maldives via X).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GLSo-uwXEAAbr3l-798x449.jpeg)
Sun, sand and sea.” Those are the three ingredients for tourism in the Maldives, Mohamed Shaiz’s father told him. For more than a decade, Shaiz’s family owned a successful local hotel in Addu, the Maldives’ southernmost atoll. But nearly 9 months ago, the government took away the sea…
Is Fukushima wastewater release safe? What the science says – Nature
![Prime Minister Suga inspecting TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station., 26 February 2020 (by kantei.go.jp CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia).](https://coastalcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20200926fukushima04-798x458.jpeg)
Despite concerns from several nations and international groups, Japan is pressing ahead with plans to release water contaminated by the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Starting sometime this year and continuing for the next 30 years, Japan will slowly release treated water stored in tanks at the site into the ocean through a pipeline extending one kilometre from the coast. But just how safe is the water to the marine environment and humans across the Pacific region?