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Published: Mon, August 18, 2008 - 3:30 am
Last Updated: Mon, August 18, 2008 - 3:32 am
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) - Scientists in Orange Beach say there'sbeen a jump in jellyfish and other dangerous marine life on
Alabama's coastal beaches and they're trying to find out why.
Monty Graham is a Dauphin Island researcher who specializes in
jellyfish and says there's also a greater number of the types of
jellies swimming in local waters now than there were a decade ago.
Scientists say the reasons for the rise range from rising ocean
temperatures, increased nutrients and phytoplankton growth, to
overfishing of jellyfish predators and depleted oxygen levels.
Some warn the apparent planetwide increase in jellyfish could
spell looming sickness for the world's oceans.
Jellyfish Swarm Beach
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