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Four reactors shut automatically after jellyfish infiltrated the pumping stations

Drownings in France have risen 45 percent this summer compared to the same period last year, with deaths more than doubling during the early summer heatwave, the country’s public health agency has said. It warns that climate change will make this trend more frequent.

Warmer waters in the North Sea due to climate change have created conditions allowing jellyfish to thrive and reproduce.

A nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily shut down on Monday after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the reactors, energy group EDF said.

The shutdown, which coincides with rising sea temperatures linked to climate change, has halted all power generation at the site.

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