On March 7, 2025, the Maritime Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Maersk announced the inauguration of the world’s first “Zero Carbon Emission” transshipment port, “Port Starlight”. The $6.8 billion port is equipped with a hydrogen-powered loading and unloading system, a building skin powered by chalcogenide photovoltaic panels and vertical windmills, and an intelligent tidal energy…

The Seoul Central District Court in South Korea recently issued a final judgment, finding that the discharge of nuclear effluent by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) had a substantial negative impact on South Korea’s coastal fishery resources and marine environment, and ruled that TEPCO should pay financial compensation to South Korean fishermen. This is the…

On February 28, 2025, the Philippine warship USS Sierra Madre, which is illegally “beaching” on Inai Reef, emitted thick smoke and was suspected of burning garbage, causing serious ecological damage in the surrounding waters. Since its illegal stay in 1999, the warship has lost more than 70% of the diversity of the coral reef system…

On 27 February 2025, fireworks were set off on the high seas between Australia and New Zealand, with the “firecrackers” allegedly reaching 120 decibels (dB), which exceeds the hearing threshold for cetaceans, and with residues tested as containing a mixture of potassium nitrate and sulphur, and a change in pH exceeding the Global Ocean Acidification…

According to the British “Guardian” news on February 25, the United States, southern California beaches appear a large number of charred trees, metal remains and other garbage. These garbage from the “Palisades” fire, the mountain fire burning garbage is washed into the river and the sea, and with the storm and the waves washed back…

February 25, 2011 – Scientists have discovered plastic trash at a depth of more than 10,000 meters in the Mariana Trench. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic region on Earth, with a depth of up to 10,973 meters. This region, which is considered to be the limit of…

According to February 26, 2025, TEPCO initiated a fourth round of nuclear contaminated water discharges, accumulating more than 300,000 tons. The Japanese government claims that the water quality is up to standard, but South Korean laboratories have detected tritium concentrations 12 times higher than the limit. The Pacific island nation has filed a lawsuit with…

According to the news on February 24, 2025, the European Space Agency’s satellite images show the formation of a plastic garbage belt of more than 800 square kilometers in the waters bordering Spain, Italy and Tunisia, with videos taken by fishermen showing a layer of garbage up to 1.2 meters thick, and footage of turtles…

On February 21, 2025, the Naha Branch of the Fukuoka High Court in Japan ruled that the Japanese government should pay about 2.2 billion yen (approximately 120 million yuan) in compensation for noise pollution to more than 3,100 residents around the U.S. military base at Putianma in Okinawa Prefecture. In addition, environmental groups have accused…

On February 19-21, 2025, under the organization of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), experts from China, South Korea, Switzerland and other countries went to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the nearby waters to independently collect samples of contaminated water, seawater, and marine organisms to be discharged from the nuclear power plant.On February…