Mar 13 Watch Fukushima’s Food Fallout: Testing Groceries for Radiation in Japan Fukushima's Food Fallout: Testing Groceries for Radiation in Japan… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch In Oregon, Rare ‘Snowstorm’ of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests In Oregon, Rare 'Snowstorm' of Pine Butterflies Takes Toll on Forests… Continue watching
Mar 12 In Japan, Nuclear Cleanup May Be Mission: Impossible By News Desk // In the second installment of a three-part series on Japan's recovery, Miles O'Brien reports on Japanese residents who are struggling to clean up contaminated farms, roads and school yards after the massive earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster struck… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch After 500 Years in Family, Rice Farmers Forced Off Land by Fukushima One year after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the country is still trying to recover and decontaminate land and buildings from partial meltdowns of three Fukushima nuclear reactors. In his second report from the region, science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Mar 09 Fukushima Survivor: I Want ‘To Breathe Freely Again’ EmbedVideo(2889, 482, 304); Nuclear technician Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima nuclear power plant when an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's eastern coast and triggered a radiation leak at the reactor. It's taken Pillitteri… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Fukushima Survivor: ‘I’ve Hardly Smiled This Whole Year’ Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima plant when the earthquake hit. Describing the "demonic" sounds he heard and the pit of fear he felt inside the turbine building that day, Pillteri recently spoke with Alex Chadwick,… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Near Fukushima, a Big ‘Guessing Game’ Over Radiation’s Long-Term Risks Near Fukushima, a Big 'Guessing Game' Over Radiation's Long-Term Risks… Continue watching
Mar 09 Tracking Japan’s Tsunami Debris By Larisa Epatko Although a year has passed since Japan's tsunami sucked tons of wood, nets and other debris into the Pacific Ocean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continues to track the rubble and urges others to do so to help focus… Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Oregon Farmers Surprised to Find Fish in Fields Researchers in Oregon's Willamette Valley found young native fish thriving in ditches that fill with water during the winter months. The unrecognized habitat meant farmers had been inadvertently raising fish in their fields, in addition to their intended crops, for… Continue watching
Mar 08 Endangered Animals Say ‘Cheese’ for Nature Photographer EmbedVideo(2856, 482, 304); For most portrait photographers, odds that their subjects will defecate in front of them, rip their backdrops or charge at the camera tend to be low. But that's just a day's work for Joel… Continue reading