Jun 27 Tsunami Dock Carries Invaders to Oregon By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Remnants of the 2011 Japan tsunami have started to arrive on the western shores of North America, posing new challenges to beach clean up, like a 165-ton industrial pier that made its way to Agate Beach in Oregon. Continue reading
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 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 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
Dec 07 Watch In Japan, Tsunami-Hit Town Still Abandoned, Barren The March earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan killed 2,000 people in the town of Minamisanriku, leaving it flattened and abandoned. Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reported from there soon after the disaster and returned last month. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch After Tsunami, Japanese Coastal Town Struggles to Recover Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reports from Kesennuma, Japan, on one fishing port's struggle to come back after the March earthquake and tsunami devastated the town and its fleet. Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch How Do You Protect Against a Tsunami? Researchers in Japan are working to find ways to limit the most-catastrophic damage from tsunamis. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch Safecast Draws on Power of the Crowd to Map Japan’s Radiation Eight months after a tsunami caused a nuclear accident in Japan, ordinary people are using new technology and the power of crowdsourcing to find radiation hotspots. NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Japan. Continue watching