Fukushima Operator Struggles To Build Ice Wall To Contain Radioactive Water
The operator of Japan’s battered Fukushima nuclear power plant has said it is having trouble with the early stages of an ice wall being built under broken reactors to contain radioactive water.
In Developing World, Pollution Kills More Than Disease
Pollution, not disease, is the biggest killer in the developing world, taking the lives of more than 8.4 million people each year, a new analysis shows. However, pollution receives a fraction of the interest from the global community.
Moderate Quakes Hit Near Japan’s Fukushima
Two moderate earthquakes struck off Japan’s eastern coast near Fukushima early Monday, but officials said there was no immediate risk to the stricken power plant.
Double Trouble For The Mediterranean Sea: Acidification And Warming
After a 3.5 year study, scientists have found that the Mediterranean Sea is warming and acidifying at unprecedented rates; the main reason is emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. This is of particular importance to the Mediterranean coastal societies with 300 million inhabitants (living and visiting), unique ecosystems, love of seafood and its role as a focus for tourist worldwide.
Scientists Explore Using Trees to Clean Pollution
Before Houston and its suburbs were built, a dense forest naturally purified the coastal air along a stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast that grew thick with pecan, ash, live oak and hackberry trees.
Gladstone Dredging Project Not Consistent With Best Practice, Australia
A dredging project at Gladstone harbor, Queensland, which coincided with the deaths of a large number of fish was deficient in its decision making and construction, a report instigated by the federal government has found.
Toxicologists Outline Key Health And Environmental Concerns Associated With Hydraulic Fracturing
Scientists outline how toxicological sciences can be used to determine what risks may be associated with fracking.
Great Barrier Reef’s Unprecedented Threat From Dredging, Dumping
The impact of dredging and dumping sediment on the Great Barrier Reef has been far greater than the mining industry has claimed, with nearly 150m tonnes of new dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters, a study shows.
Spain’s Wetlands Wonder Is Under Threat For a Second Time In 16 Years
Doñana national park, a haven filled with rare birds and wildlife, survived a toxic flood. Now tourism, an oil pipeline, demand for water and the return of mining have left it on a knife edge.