Jellyfish are taking over the oceans: ( Population surge due to rising acidity of world’s seas...)

EPOCA ^ | Monday, 6 December 2010 | EPOCA

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Jellyfish are taking over the oceans: Population surge as rising acidity of world’s seas kills predators

Britain’s beaches could soon be inundated with records numbers of jellyfish, marine experts warned today.

Scientists say the number of jellyfish are on the rise thanks to the increasing acidity of the world’s oceans.

The warning comes in a new report into ocean acidification – an often overlooked side effect of burning fossil fuel.

Studies have shown that higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doesn’t just trigger climate change but can make the oceans more acid.

Since the start of the industrial revolution, acidity levels of the oceans have gone up 30 per cent, marine biologists say.

The new report, published by the UN Environment Programme during the Climate Change talks in Cancun, Mexico, warns that the acidification of oceans makes it harder for coral reefs and shellfish to form skeletons – threatening larger creatures that depend on them for food.

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David Derbyshire, Daily Mail, 3 December 2010. Full article.

[Craigon]

“H ah haha ha ha ha! Incessant bulbs! Ha ha ha ha!”

Ha.. Yea I saw that typo right after I hit submit. My original misspelled word was a better match then that spellchecker option I quickly selected without close examination. Wish there was a face saving post editing feature! :)

[TheOldLady]

Oh dear. I was laughing with you, not at you. I thought that was high humor on your part, and I was laughing so hard I could barely post. No face saving required.

May all your “errors” be so serendipitously humorous.

If we all had a nickle for every time we wished we could edit a post...