Forecast For Planet's Favorite Beach Resorts: Lots Of Jellyfish; Up To 500K Stung In Spain Bloom

[hatrack]

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"Jellyfish and tourism are not happy bedfellows," says Dr. Lisa-Ann Gershwin, author of the recently published book, "Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean." Gershwin says popular beach resorts around the world are seeing huge increases in jellyfish "bloom" activity, a result of overfishing and changing water temperatures.

"The French and Spanish Rivieras, Chesapeake Bay, the Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii ... some of the numbers are staggering," says the American scientist who's now based in Australia.

"In Hawaii there have been times that 800 or 1,000 people have been stung in a day. In Spain or Florida, it's not uncommon in recent years for a half a million people to be stung during an outbreak. These numbers are simply astonishing."

At the beginning of October, a large amount of jellyfish inhabiting a cooling-water intake at a Swedish nuclear plant caused operators to manually shut down production at its largest reactor.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/travel/jellyfish-taking-over-oceans/

[Bigmack]

1. Not with a bang...

... or even a whimper.

We'll just jelly ourselves into extinction.

[Ghost Dog]

2. Harvest as organic fertilizer or feedstock for some useful process?

Or just use as protein, ie. eat?