Explosion in jellyfish numbers may lead to ecological disaster, warn scientists (Globalwarming? Yup)

guardian.co.uk ^ | June 12, 2011 | Tracy McVeigh

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A dramatic global increase in jellyfish swarms could damage the marine food chain

Global warming has long been blamed for the huge rise in the world's jellyfish population. But new research suggests that they, in turn, may be worsening the problem by producing more carbon than the oceans can cope with.

Research led by Rob Condon of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in the US focuses on the effect that the increasing numbers of jellyfish are having on marine bateria, which play an important role by recycling nutrients created by decaying organisms back into the food web.

[Del Rapier]

That volcano in Chile probably pumped out carbon in the last few weeks then those jellyfish did in a year.