Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish

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Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish

Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their best weapon in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already weakened by climate change. The Cook Islands, a South Pacific nation of about 17,000 people, is in the grips of a years-long outbreak, says marine biologist Teina Rongo.

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Türkiye wildfire kills 10 firefighters and rescue crew

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Türkiye wildfire kills 10 firefighters and rescue crew

Ten people died, including both forestry workers and search and rescue personnel while responding to a forest fire in eskisehir-Sakarya region. With nine major fires, 11 large blazes breaking out in Turkiye over the last 24 hours, In Eskisehir, Sakarya and Bilecik provinces the fire is under control now shifting winds make extinguishing the fire difficult in some regions.

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