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Despite China’s ban on seafood from Fukushima due to concerns about wastewater, Japanese consumers are increasing their consumption of locally sourced fish.

The local fishing communities in IWAKI, Japan were concerned about the potential consequences of the Fukushima nuclear power plant releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the ocean. Despite concerns for the future of water release, consumers from all over the country have shown their support for the region by increasing their consumption of fish. This has

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. Most farmers are hesitant to use cover crops, even though they have been proven to benefit the climate and environment. This reluctance is primarily due to concerns about financial loss.

Farmers in the United States are being encouraged to implement cover crops, also known as plant cover, in order to improve soil health, benefit the environment, and combat climate change. Although they were offered incentives and encouraged to do so for years, Midwest farmers only planted cover crops on approximately 7% of their land in

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The society for the study of birds will be changing the names of many species and will no longer use people’s names as inspiration for their names.

The American Ornithological Society declared on Wednesday that birds in North America will not be named after individuals anymore. In the upcoming year, the organization plans to rename approximately 80 species that are native to the United States and Canada. The president of the organization, Colleen Handel, stated that certain English bird names hold historical

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