California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide

STORY: California battles to save sea mammal victims of red tide DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: SAN PEDRO, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of sea lions STORYLINE: Vacationers visiting beaches of U.S. state of California this July Fourth weekend are likely to encounter an alarming sight: sick sea lions recovering on the sand. Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it a large-scale stranding event. Scientists suspected that it was caused by red tide, another name for an excessive bloom of certain phytoplankton -- tiny sea veggies that most fish and sea mammals feed on. They noted that with global warming heating up California's waters, red tide has become a reoccurring problem off the coast, posing health concerns for much marine life, including sea lions, seals, otters, dolphins, and even whales. The sick and dead wildlife started showing up in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties several weeks ago, and the numbers have since incr

Discount veggies

Discount veggies

TOKYO, Japan - Customers buy discount vegetables at an Ito-Yokado supermarket in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Jan. 9, 2013, as the supermarket chain began vegetable discounts at its shops across Japan amid rising vegetable prices due to the cold weather.

Japanese acquiring taste for 'functionally enhanced' veggies

Japanese acquiring taste for 'functionally enhanced' veggies

Tokyo, Japan - A variety of ''functionally enhanced'' vegetables are popular at a supermarket store in Tokyo's Kita Ward. (Kyodo)