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Posts Tagged ‘jellyfish’
Nature, Weird Stuff, Jul 1st, 2011,
Are the jellyfish really taking over? They’re outcompeting “real” fish and multiplying in enormous “blooms” as oceans warm from the effects of climate change. In fact, jellyfish may be the only species worth fishing in European waters by 2048 if trends in overfishing are allowed to continue. But jellies are not content with that. Now they’ve gone and shut down two reactors at a nuclear power station in Scotland. Too many jellyfish were been found in the seawater filters at Torness power station in East Lothian, Scotland on Tuesday; causing officials at the plant to shut down two reactors as…
Tags: EDF, jellies, jellyfish, nuclear, power plant, reactor, Scotland, shut down
Climate Change, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 13th, 2011,
I have seen the future and it stings. Climate change, overfishing and agricultural runoff are all possible factors in the rise of jellyfish populations in seas around the globe. Jellyfish invasions such as those experienced by Spain last summer are actually population booms and/or mass migrations attributed to warmer waters, a reduction of predators and an increase of oceanic pollution from organic fertilizers. Besides wreaking havoc on Spain’s beaches, jellyfish have been blamed for wiping out salmon stocks in Northern Ireland and disrupting the running of coastal power and desalination plants in Africa, the Middle East and Japan. New research,…
Tags: acidic, carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate change, jellyfish, laser, oceans, Pollution, population
Climate Change, Pollution, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 4th, 2010,
Spain’s beaches are unusually full of dangerous, round, pinkish-purple blobs this year. No, they’re not aggressive sunburnt British holidaymakers drunk on cheap Spanish beer, but swarms of Mauve Stinger jellyfish – and they’re causing havoc. Several beaches on the Costa Blanca – an area on Spain’s Mediterranean coast which is particularly popular with British tourists – have been closed due to the recent invasion of jellyfish. The Mauve Stinger jellyfish, or Pelagia nocticula, has a mild sting, but can cause severe, even fatal, reactions in some people. From a report in the Telegraph: The Red Cross treated 50 people for…
Tags: attacks, coast, dangerous, Denia, invasion, jellyfish, Mauve Stingers, overfishing, Pollution, populations, Spain
Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 19th, 2010,
When we think of immortality or eternal youth, many of us probably imagine things like gods, vampires, the Fountain of Youth, and even the Land of Faerie. Throughout history, there have been many legends and tales about creatures who cheated death or people who set out on a quest to find ever-lasting life. However, of all the stories and possibilities you might consider, I’ll bet none of you thought of the simple jellyfish. One jellyfish in particular has discovered the perfect way to cheat death. The Turritopsis nutricula—which is actually a type of hydrozoa—can move back and forth through all…
Tags: biological immortality, cheating death, hydrozoa, jellyfish, polyp, study, Turritopsis nutricula
