Articles tagged with: jellyfish
Posted in Eco-Friendly, Gas, Global warming, Pollution on 19 June 2008
If you are a tourist planning to head for the Mediterranean basin for your summer vacations, you should better stay away from swimming on beaches. For the swelling number of jellyfish and their increasing number of attacks on humans has raised an alarm among environmentalists. Many species are believed to be eco-indicators, those that warn us humans about the side effects of our never-ending plundering. Certain insects, toads and jellyfishes are known to be excellent indicators. Scientists explain that such phenomenal growth in the number of these creatures and their swarming in the Mediterranean coastline every summer is a sure sign of nature out of sync.
According to Jacqueline Goy, of the Oceanographic Institute of Paris, “Jellyfish are an excellent bellwether for the environment,” and that “The more jellyfish, the stronger the signal that something has changed.” The scenario out there is somewhat like a science-fiction, where jellyfish sea monsters take revenge from humans. It is important to understand why this phenomenon is happening so often now a days? The rampant exploitation of oceanic resources by man is major concern regarding this.