Science & Nature
Environment
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Mexico seeks ‘miracle’ to save near-extinct vaquita porpoise
SAN FELIPE, Mexico (AFP-Jiji) — Mexican naval vessels, spotter planes and conservationists are patro...
April 13, 2022
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Raicho rock ptarmigan breeding project succeeding across Japan
A project to breed Japanese rock ptarmigan, a bird species designated by the central government as a...
April 13, 2022
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Conservationists fight to save pangolins in Liberia
GBARPOLU COUNTY, Liberia (AFP-Jiji) — Clutching a single-barreled rifle in lush northern Liberia, Em...
April 6, 2022
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Nonwoven mask found in green turtle’s excrement off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture
A nonwoven mask was found in the excrement of a green turtle caught in August off Iwate Prefecture, ...
March 27, 2022
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OECD: Global plastic disposal nearly doubled over 19 years
Global plastic production and disposal almost doubled between 2000 and 2019, while only 9% of the pl...
February 27, 2022
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Rare Okinawa bird bouncing back
NAHA — Forty years have passed since researchers discovered the Okinawa rail, a rare, flightless bir...
January 31, 2022
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Kobe river facilitates urban microhydropower generation
KOBE — Electricity is being generated by microhydropower in Nada Ward, Kobe, using the rapid current...
January 26, 2022
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Survey: Only 10% of municipalities to begin sorting plastic waste within 3 yrs
Municipalities have been slow to sort plastic waste, with only 72 city governments or related entiti...
December 10, 2021
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Tokyo fishermen lament ‘endless’ stream of floating pumice stones
Floating pumice from the eruption of underwater volcano Fukutoku-Okanoba near the Ogasawara Islands ...
December 5, 2021
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Japan research team creates radioactive cesium adsorbents from pumice
There are moves to put the gathered pumice stones to use. A research team from the Kanagawa Institut...
December 5, 2021
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Ministry seeks to restrict use of lead bullets due to bird deaths
SAPPORO — The Environment Ministry intends to gradually restrict the use of lead bullets starting in...
September 28, 2021
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Swallows adopt old palace as site for respite
NARA — The site of an ancient imperial palace is also one of Japan’s largest resting places for swal...
September 27, 2021
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Rainfall increases in Greenland in threat to ice sheet
Research institutes in Japan and other countries have reported one after another on climate change i...
September 1, 2021
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Creature-filled forests registered as world natural heritage site
Just after it rained, loud birdcalls that sounded like “kyo, kyo, kyo” echoed through the deep-green...
August 24, 2021
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Japan’s 1st power system combining CO2 gases, geothermal energy in works
A major Japanese general contractor has plans to begin the nation’s first-ever power generation proj...
August 24, 2021
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