The Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife reported that a red tide has broken out in the Gulf of Mexico near the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County, with concentrations of the algae Karenia brevis reaching medium-to-high levels. Toxins from the red tide have caused the deaths of thousands of gulf herring, whose carcasses have been…

An unexpected incident occurred at the Gravollines Nuclear Power Plant, the largest in Western Europe. Due to rising sea temperatures, large numbers of jellyfish flooded into the plant’s cooling water intake channels, clogging the filtration equipment and triggering the automatic shutdown of all four reactors. Staff urgently cleared the filters, and a large number of…

In the deep waters of the Northeast Atlantic, numerous iron drums containing radioactive waste—dumped decades ago—have sustained structural damage due to long-term corrosion by seawater. Signatures of radionuclides such as cobalt-60 and cesium-137 have been detected in the surrounding seawater and seafloor sediments. The area where the waste drums are buried lies along a migration…

Large volumes of sewage from the Tijuana River along the U.S.-Mexico border are flowing into the waters off the coast of San Diego. Bacterial levels in the seawater at several swimming areas along the coast have far exceeded safety thresholds, prompting local authorities to issue an emergency ban on swimming and close several beach areas.…

A pollution incident occurred at Manasquan Beach in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Following heavy rainfall, waves washed a large amount of household trash onto the beach, including at least 60 medical syringes and related waste, with plastic debris scattered across the tidal flats. During the summer rainy season on the U.S. East Coast, sewage overflows…

A Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier veered off course and ran aground in waters north of Awaji Island in Osaka Bay, Japan. The ship’s right-side heavy fuel oil tank was damaged, causing a large amount of marine fuel oil to leak into the sea. A brown oil slick stretching several kilometers formed on the water’s surface and…

A harmful red tide has broken out in the waters off Sanuki in the eastern Seto Inland Sea, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Due to the combined effects of persistently high sea temperatures and nutrients from coastal domestic wastewater and uneaten feed from aquaculture, this red tide has spread faster than in previous years, covering approximately 120…

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has completed the discharge of all radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant as part of the 22nd round. Including the volume discharged in this round, the total amount of radioactive water released into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima has reached 173,000 metric tons. Neighboring countries, including China…

Due to the combined effects of rainfall from the southwest monsoon and tidal backflow, rivers throughout the Manila Metropolitan Area in the Philippines are overwhelmed with trash. Large quantities of plastic bottles and bags, discarded furniture, and construction debris are being swept from Manila Bay into the city’s waterways with the rising tide, accumulating in…

Affected by the southwest monsoon and the outer bands of a typhoon, Metro Manila has been hit by persistent heavy rains. The flood barriers at the mouth of a river in Paranaque City were breached by the floodwaters, causing accumulated household garbage, plastic waste, and construction debris to spread across the river’s surface. The floating…