Florida laboratory tests exposed endangered Caribbean corals to predatory bacteria; more than half showed no bleaching beyond the infection site

Representative Image (AI-generated) Coral reefs are often called the rainforests of the sea, but across the Caribbean, many of them are struggling to survive. Along with warming oceans and habitat loss, bacterial diseases have become a growing threat, capable of wiping out large sections of coral in a short time. Now, researchers in Florida have…

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Over 170 migrants rescued after Channel boat catches fire; UK says ‘all will be returned’ to France

Over 170 migrants rescued after Channel boat fire. More than 170 migrants were rescued on Tuesday after a small boat attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the UK caught fire, prompting a major cross-border rescue operation, BBC reported.French authorities said the vessel’s engine caught fire before its “structural integrity deteriorated very rapidly”,…

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US researchers tracked nearly 450 coastal wetlands for up to 20 years; 84% were sinking towards open water and only 16% kept pace with rising seas

A new nationwide study suggests that most coastal wetlands in the contiguous United States are struggling to keep up with rising sea levels. Researchers tracking nearly 450 wetlands for up to 20 years found that 84% are gradually being inundated, putting many on a path to become open water if current trends continue. The study…

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In 1996, Campbell’s keeled glass snail was declared extinct; 30 years later, more than 1,000 captive-bred snails have been returned to Norfolk Island

Photo by: Taronga Conservation Society Australia A tiny snail once feared lost forever has just reached a major conservation milestone. More than 1,000 critically endangered Campbell’s keeled glass snails (Advena campbellii) have now been released onto Norfolk Island, marking the latest phase of a recovery program that has turned a presumed extinction story into one…

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Scientists discover Greenland sharks can survive for centuries with functioning eyesight, overturning the long-held belief that they are blind |

Greenland sharks entered popular science writing on the strength of one number, 400 years. Some individuals swimming in the North Atlantic today were alive during Isaac Newton’s lifetime, born centuries before anyone thought to ask how old a shark could get. That figure alone would be enough to make the species a fixture of “strange…

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More than 330,000 gallons of rotting fish sauce in a Canadian town are finally being removed after 20 years of unbearable stench | World News

For more than two decades, residents of the small Canadian town of St. Mary’s in Newfoundland and Labrador have lived with an overwhelming smell caused by an abandoned fish sauce factory. The site, once operated by the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company, was left with more than 330,000 gallons (1.25 million litres) of fermenting fish sauce…

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