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Jellyfish shut French nuclear reactors amid heatwave
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2025
» Electricite de France (EDF) says it has been forced to shut four atomic reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its Gravelines power plant near Calais.
Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» PARIS - Killer whales have been caught on video breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other, scientists announced on Monday, saying it was the first evidence of marine mammals making their own tools.
Korean police raid airport where Jeju Air jet crashed
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» SEOUL - South Korean police on Thursday raided Muan airport and the Jeju Air office Thursday morning over the crash involving a Boeing 737-800 that killed 179 people.
Last marine heat wave providing lessons for the future
Published on 02/12/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob". A decade ago, sea surface temperatures in the Pacific soared 11 degrees Celsius above normal.
Stinky seaweed plagues French Caribbean beaches
Published on 02/05/2023
» CAPESTERRE-BELLE-EAU, Guadeloupe: Jose Viator was hoping tourists would flock to his beachside bar on the French archipelago of Guadeloupe, but he has been forced to close because of stinky brown seaweed.
Sunken Philippine oil tanker found
Published on 21/03/2023
» MANILA: A leaking oil tanker that sank in the Philippines three weeks ago has been found, officials said on Tuesday, as the slick reached waters known for their rich marine life.
Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» PARI ISLAND (INDONESIA) - Sitting near a wall of stacked rocks, fisherman Mustagfirin looks out to sea from the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, wondering whether his home will exist for much longer.
Philippines seeks help with oil spill
Published on 11/03/2023
» MANILA: The Philippines has sought help from Japan and the United States as authorities struggle to contain and clean up an oil spill 10 days after a tanker sank.
Dozens sick after Philippine oil spill
Published on 08/03/2023
» MANILA: Dozens of people in the Philippines have fallen ill after oil from a sunken tanker washed up on their shores, officials said Wednesday, as authorities struggled to reach the leaking vessel.
The controversial plan to release Fukushima plant's wastewater
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (JAPAN) - Twelve years after a nuclear catastrophe triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami, workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in northeast Japan are preparing to release treated wastewater into the sea.