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What's up, sunshine? Hope you're having
a terrific Tuesday. I'm Koi Wire with
your 10 minutes of news. Now, today's
election day in some states. There are
big races for governor in Virginia. A
lot of people paying close attention to
the mayor's race in New York City. Those
of you who have a virtual learning day,
thank you for joining us and watching
from home. All right, let's get you your
news. We begin in Afghanistan where a
massive search and rescue operation is
underway following a deadly earthquake
in the country's northern region. The
powerful 6.3 magnitude quake hit early
Monday morning near Mazari Sharif, one
of the most populated cities in that
part of the country. As of this taping,
government officials say at least 20
people have been killed and hundreds
more have been injured. But they expect
those numbers to rise as recovery
efforts continue. The powerful quake was
felt in three neighboring countries and
briefly closed a key passageway outside
the capital of Cababell. It also damaged
the iconic Blue Mosque, one of
Afghanistan's architectural treasures
and a holy site of annual pilgrimage.
Afghanistan has endured a series of
catastrophic earthquakes in recent
years. Just over two months ago, a 6.0 0
magnitude quake killed more than 2,200
people in the country's eastern region.
Afghanistan lies at the collision
boundary of two huge tectonic plates.
The Indian plate which moves northward
and the Eurasian plate which has been
mostly stable.
Pop quiz hot shot. The Adriatic Sea is
known for its unusually high what
compared to most seas. Salinity or salt
content, clarity, tides or depth.
If you said clarity, clearly you know
your stuff. Unlike most seas which are
bordered by muddy river deltas, much of
the Adriatic coastline is rocky and
limestone based. This means less soil
erosion and sediment runoff, so the
water stays clear.
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The Adriatic Sea is home to one of the
world's most diverse populations of
aquatic wildlife. The picturesque sea,
which lies between Italy and the Balkans
in Eastern Europe, is home to more than
7,000 native species. But over fishing,
pollution, and habitat loss are putting
some of its most unique species of
sharks and rays at risk. Let's learn
about a research group that's trying to
change that in today's call to Earth.
They're using cutting edge technology to
help save the unique deep sea dwellers
in the Adriatic Sea.
It's pitch black and choppy beneath the
Adriatic Sea at night with only the moon
above and a flashlight below to guide
the way.
But these are ideal diving conditions
for Bosnian marine biologist Andre Gajge
who searches for sharks who come to life
after dark.
>> I think the biggest misconception is
these are some kind of men eating
bloodthirsty machines. The majority of
the species grow less than a meter. They
are small. They are terrified of humans.
The more time I spend diving, I actually
realize how fragile they are. My team
and I decided to come here to conduct
systematic research about the number of
individuals, diversity of the species,
and their key habitats in this area
before it's too late.
>> Andre runs Shark Lab Adria, a research
group in Albania working to protect some
of the Mediterranean's most vulnerable
marine life. from documenting rare
sharks to investigating causes of
disease and death.
>> Majority of my career are dedicated
studying the deep sea and there's
angular rough shark that is particularly
important for me diving with the rough
sharks. It's like I meet some dinosaur
from Jurassic or whatever. It's a
critically dangerous species we try to
protect like for past 10 years as well
as the spiny butterfly rays. Our team
has rediscovered the population after no
records in this century in the region.
>> 2.5.
>> His team spends about 160 days in the
field each year assessing marine animal
health, behavior, environmental
exposure, and more.
>> We now trying to understand the
population better, the threats, and what
we can do to mitigate. The fisheries is
definitely one of the worst. There's
also pollution. There's also habitat
loss. Climate change is terrible issue.
After his night dive concludes at 2
a.m., Andre is swapping his scuba gear
for his lab scrubs. He will work through
the night with his team, analyzing by
catch donated by a local fishery just
hours earlier.
>> This is the small juvenile.
>> We process a large amount of samples
unfortunately that are always retrieved
dead by the trollers. Without their
support, we won't be able to actually do
this scientific research.
Shark Lab Adria also runs an on-site
rehabilitation program where marine life
are cared for and monitored before being
released back into the wild.
>> We have a lot of sharks case and race
coming to rehabilitation after being
landed or retrieved alive and most
commonly we work with severe traumatical
fractures caused by the poor handling
and the hooking. Alongside his research,
Andre works aboard commercial trollwers,
collecting data on bike catch and
teaching fishermen how to safely return
live animals to the sea.
>> Being on the trollers, it's very eye
opening moment. You see the reality and
this is why I tend to call our work
being at the front lines of
conservation. I think uh over the past
few decades we somehow split from the
nature and I think this is the right
time to take the responsibility for what
we are doing to our home.
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Call to Earth Day 2025 is this Thursday,
November 6th, where we are embracing the
theme guard your green space and urging
individuals like yourselves,
communities, nations to take bold
collective action to protect the natural
world that sustains us. Sign up at
cnn.com/calltoearthday
and share how you are guarding your
green space. Have some sports news for
you today. I had a chance to catch up
with the newly crowned NASCAR Cup Series
champ Kyle Larson who just won the
season finale over the weekend in
Phoenix. He's used to driving really
fast, right? So, I had some really fast
rapid fire questions for the now
two-time Cup Series champ. Hey, I'm
twotime NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle
Larson and you're watching CNN 10.
>> What's it like driving around off the
track? Is is it torture to drive the
speed limit as a NASCAR champion?
>> It's not. That's a that's a very
frequent question that we get as
drivers. And to me, um, a lot of times
the interstate can feel just as fast as
the track because you'll have people
going a lot, you know, different speeds.
So that's that's where a lot of the
sensation comes from, too. Is it weird
making right-hand turns?
>> Uh, no. No, but I I will definitely clip
my fair share of curbs on on
righthanders.
>> So, you are a mere mortal just like all
of us drivers. Um, how do you feel about
the driverless cars we're seeing pop up
everywhere?
>> Yeah. So, the only place I really ever
see it is when I'm here in Scottsdale
and I've I've yet to be in one, but I
want to try it out. So, you'd be totally
fine and open to like hopping in a Whimo
and relinquishing your control of the
vehicle.
>> As I've been in Arizona here, I've not
seen one, you know, stacked up in a
telephone pole. So, I think I could I
could trust it.
>> Finally,
all you've been through, all you've
overcome, all you're doing. What's some
advice you would give your younger self
and all the next generation out there?
What would you say to them?
>> I don't know. I I think just continue to
always, you know, treat people with
respect. Um,
and have fun, you know, have fun with
what you're doing.
>> That's awesome, man.
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>> Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Someone overcoming adversity to achieve
an historic feat. Shannon Britt was born
with a rare eye cancer that left her
legally blind, but she's now preparing
to represent Team USA in the first ever
Women's Blind Cricket World Cup.
>> I didn't think I was going to make the
team. I was just going to try something
new and I I wound up being decent at it.
So, let's go USA.
>> Shannon does it all. Batting, bowling,
and fielding using a special ball that
rattles like a maraca, allowing her to
track it with her ears. And get this,
since the rest of her team is totally
blind, she wears special goggles to
completely black out her vision. Shannon
said she never expected to become an
international sports star. But mom, oh,
mom isn't surprised at all. She's done a
lot of amazing things in her life and
this is
>> just one of them
>> cherry on top.
>> Shannon and her team will head to India
and Sri Lanka to battle a host of other
nations for the world title. That is
wickedly impressive. All right,
superstars. Today's shoutouts are going
to some of you who decided to play koi
this Halloween. They say imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery. So
consider me flattered. Nathan Chung and
Mr. Layman's class at Palo Verde Middle
School in Phoenix, Arizona. I just want
to be vesties with you. Rise up and
allow me to introduce you to Miss Lauren
Leadford at Brookwood Christian School
in Aworth, Georgia.
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