6 h. ago ‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia

Karenia mikimotoi algae can suffocate fish, cause haemorrhaging and act as a neurotoxin, one expert saysGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailMore than 200 marine species, including deepwater sharks, leafy sea dragons and octopuses, have been killed by a toxic algal bloom that has been affecting South Australia’s coastline since March.Nearly half (47%) of the dead species were ray-finned fish and a quarter (26%) were sharks and rays, according to OzFish analysis of 1,400 citizen scientist reports.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Swimmer's close brush with death after stingray narrowly misses artery in rare attack

Pam Bennett, 68, was snorkelling on South Australia’s Southern Yorke Peninsula when she was attacked by a stingray and she told how she was lucky not to suffer the same fate as Steve Irwin

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5 d. ago Chilling moment 12ft shark lurks feet off UK coast as kids play on shore in warm weather

Shocking footage captured the moment the 12-foot 'mini-Jaws' swam just feet away from the shore at Aberystwyth's North Beach on Friday evening - with stunned crowds gathering to watch as its fin emerged from the water

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5 d. ago Aussie swimmer's close brush with death after stingray narrowly misses her artery in rare attack

Pam Bennett, 68, was part of a team snorkelling 50metres offshore at Treasure Cove on South Australia's Southern Yorke Peninsula.

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1 week ago Chilling moment woman dragged underwater by huge tiger shark caught on GoPro

Spear fishers Jasmine Warneford and Sam Anderson were swimming off the coast of Red Bluff in Australia when they encountered a large tiger shark in footage caught on a GoPro

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2 w. ago Giant icebergs once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find

Discovery could provide valuable clues as to how the climate crisis might affect Antarctica, says studyGiant, flat-topped icebergs the size of the city of Cambridge drifted off the coast of Britain during the last ice age, according to a study that has uncovered evidence of their existence for the first time.A series of distinctive, comb-like grooves found preserved in sediment near Aberdeen in Scotland were left behind by the underside of huge “tabular” icebergs that dragged across the North Sea floor between 18,000 and 20,000 years ago, the researchers said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Israel shark attack: Human remains found in hunt for missing swimmer

A search operation had been launched after the shark attack in Israel with police confirming that remains have been found after a swimmer disappeared at Olga Beach in Hadera

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2 w. ago Israel shark attack victim was married dad who was 'warned not to go in water'

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark in the sea in a rare attack off the Israeli coast on Monday, with horrified people watching the diver struggling in the water off Hadera

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2 w. ago Hadera Israel shark attack: Experts explain rise in deaths as mauled swimmer remains missing

Another shark attack has been reported in the waters off Hadera, Israel - and experts have explored the shift in shark behaviour and whether human activity could be the cause

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2 w. ago Worrying cause of Hadera shark attack as nuclear power plant is blamed

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: A swimmer is still missing after being attacked by a shark in Hadera, Israel, and scientists have now confirmed why hungry sharks were hovering around the beach coast

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2 w. ago Hadera shark attack: Missing swimmer screamed four words as he was mauled off beach

WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS: The male swimmer had been spotted off the coast of Hadera, in Israel, when the brutal attack happened sparking a widespread search to find him

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2 w. ago Swimmer dies in horror shark attack in Hadera as he screams out chilling final words

The shark had been swimming around other people in the shallows on the beach.

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2 w. ago Missing swimmer's chilling last words before shark drags him out to sea

Beachgoers shared how the swimmer was screaming desperately as they were attacked by a shark in shallow waters off the coast of north-west Israel in front of horrified crowds

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2 w. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer's last words in FULL before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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3 w. ago Hadera shark attack: Diver's desperate last words before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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3 w. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer's desperate last words before being dragged out to sea and mauled

A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark at a beach in Hadera, Israel, with horrified people watching the man struggling in the water from a beach

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3 w. ago Missing swimmer feared dead after shark mauls him as beachgoers watch in horror

A swimmer in Israel has gone missing and is sadly feared dead after they were mauled by a shark that appeared in shallow waters and beachgoers watched as the water turned red

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3 w. ago Hadera shark attack: Swimmer feared dead after mauling in front of Israel beach sunbathers

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT. A swimmer is missing and feared dead after being mauled by a shark in the sea off the Israeli coast with horrified people watching the diver struggling in the water off Hadera

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