Jellyfish plague coastal waters, a symptom of deeper problems

Darkfrog submitted, created time 5 months 23 hours (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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Fishing for Oxygen in Warming Oceans

sea-maid submitted, created time 8 months 5 days (www.sciam.com)

The oxygen concentrations in some oxygen-minimum zones have decreased with time and few fish and other sea life can survive in such waters. What's more, this state will deteriorate.

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