Jellyfish plague coastal waters, a symptom of deeper problems

Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)

Well, I can say with confidence that the jellyfish have been showing up on the coast of New Jersey more or less on schedule midsummer--just as the water turns from cold to warm--for about twenty years now. I only remember one year that could be called a bona-fide infestation. (Word of advice: ALWAYS rinse off and change clothes before the drive home. It's keeping the stingers next to your skin that causes what I'll delicately call "dermatological side effects.") This year wasn't one of them

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Jellyfish swarm hits Scotland prompting warnings

Weird jellyfish from over 7000m below the surface

deepsea submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.jamstec.go.jp)

The Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC: Mr. Yasuhiro Kato, President) have observed a comb jelly (Ctenophore*1) of unique morphology. Analysis of images obtained in Ryukyu Trench, which is approximately 200km south off of Okinawa main island, showed it is highly possible to be a newly-discovered species and different from any currently known ctenophore.

The images were captured during the training dive of the ROV KAIKO on the sea floor at a depth of 7,217m in the Ryukyu Trench (2425N, 12775E : Appendix) on April 5, 2002

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Jellyfish Pretty but Painful