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Jellyfish are taking over the oceans: Population surge as rising acidity of world's seas kills predators http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1291564884
Britain's beaches could soon be inundated with records numbers of jellyfish, marine experts warned today.
Scientists say the number of jellyfish are on the rise thanks to the increasing acidity of the world's oceans.
The warning comes in a new report into ocean acidification - an often overlooked side effect of burning fossil fuel....
The report, written by Dr Carol Turley of Plymouth University, said: 'Ocean acidification has also been tentatively linked to increased jellyfish numbers and changes in fish abundance.'
Jellyfish are immune to the effects of acidification. As other species decline, jellyfish will move in to fill the ecological niche.
Populations have boomed in the Mediterranean in recent years. Some marine scientists say the changing chemistry of the sea is to blame....
The report says acidification may push overstressed oceans into disaster with far reaching consequences the billions of people who rely on fish as their main protein source....
'The basic chemistry of sea water is being altered on a scale unseen within fossil records over at least 20 million years,' the report said.
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