Jellyfish Swarm Shuts Down French Nuclear Power Plant

The Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant in northern France has been forced to shut down due to a massive jellyfish swarm clogging its cooling pumps. This incident has once again highlighted the impact of climate change and nature's interference with human infrastructure. The plant's operator, EDF, had taken measures to prevent a similar disaster after last year's incident, investing hundreds of thousands of euros. However, the recurrence of the event a year later has raised concerns. Experts attribute this situation to climate change and rising sea temperatures, which accelerate the reproduction cycle of jellyfish and increase their food supply, leading to such massive invasions. EDF officials have stated that they are working to remove the jellyfish from the area using fishing boats and expect the plant to resume full operation in the coming days. Similar incidents have occurred elsewhere, such as in the US state of Connecticut, where a raccoon caused a power outage affecting over 2,500 households, and in Washington, where crows damaged frozen pipes at the LIGO gravitational wave observatory, disrupting sensitive measurements.