Japan said it plans to release 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water into the Pacific. Neighboring countries, fisheries, and local groups object, fearing it could harm sea life and more.

You know it was a remarkable week when dumping tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean wasn’t even the lead story. That’s right: While much of the globe’s attention was on the former American ...

New research has shed light on how nuclear war could seriously alter the chemistry of Earth’s oceans, and in so doing damage the life that dwells within. The scientists behind the study used an ...

The Japanese government is set to begin releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday, slowly unloading the liquid before the tanks reach capacity in 2024. After years of planning ...

In 1955, the US Navy detonated a nuclear warhead deep beneath the Pacific Ocean during Operation Wigwam. The test focused on ...

In case you were wondering if it was environmentally sound to bury a massive stockpile of untreated nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor, the answer that many UK-based experts will likely give you is ...

Tokyo — Japan said Tuesday that it would start discharging treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean within two years. Officials in Tokyo said ...

Japan is dumping millions of tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean. That’s not a bad thing. The upshot of pumping water through a failing nuclear plant is you end up with radioactive waste ...

Every year on 8 June, the United Nations celebrate World Oceans Day to raise awareness of the important role it plays in our lives. This year’s World Oceans Day theme – life and livelihoods – focuses ...

A new study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Guangzhou indicates that radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear weapons tests in the mid-20th century has been found in the muscle ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as seen from the coast of Futaba town in Fukushima prefecture. Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, the Japanese government announced its ...