tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post7710138948573352717..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: The Better Tasting Jellyfish AppetizerEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-76467076657349249392013-11-11T14:14:00.870-05:002013-11-11T14:14:00.870-05:00The fishing fleet lights seen from space bit had a...The fishing fleet lights seen from space bit had a link to the generic "all nighttime satellite imagery" site. Here is a permalink to the specific image showing a city in the sea off Argentina: http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Malvinas/Jim Prallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04033053570742850619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-10804186913434770082013-11-08T18:42:12.592-05:002013-11-08T18:42:12.592-05:00Killer robots to the rescue.
http://www.economist...Killer robots to the rescue.<br /><br />http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21588049-automated-jellyfish-exterminator-takes-sea-robochopcarrot eaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-65028412808319664692013-11-08T12:07:57.050-05:002013-11-08T12:07:57.050-05:00Visiting the medusa-infested Med, I found myself t...Visiting the medusa-infested Med, I found myself the only person swimming one June, having fortuitously packed a dive skin designed to deal with stingy Caribbean invertibrates.<br /><br />Cheap vacation insurance!THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58394177336356401302013-11-08T11:24:54.961-05:002013-11-08T11:24:54.961-05:00Earlier this year in UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...Earlier this year in UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23492338<br />A couple years back I snorkelled in West Wales amid substantial numbers of small jellyfish. This year a friend's daughter got stung by one in Brighton.<br />Must check out leatherback numbers...The Old Man is backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299949591915788184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-87264854171836339912013-11-08T09:54:32.341-05:002013-11-08T09:54:32.341-05:00I've noticed a rise in local jellyfish over th...I've noticed a rise in local jellyfish over the last couple of decades here in Boston. Always thought they thrived in warm water. Same with the rising tide: direct observation, very slow but steady since early 80s. Always peculiar (funny sad) when people tell us to ignore our lying senses.Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935228911713362040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-54361542285513113922013-11-08T09:08:52.138-05:002013-11-08T09:08:52.138-05:00This all sounds a bit like the film Solyent Green ...This all sounds a bit like the film Solyent Green (different to book by Harry Harrison). Pilage and polute the seas until nothing left. Then the remaining readily available food source is solyent green (mashed up old people) - recycling at its best!<br /><br />Krill is already being farmed see:<br />Sustainability of Antarctic krill - British Antarctic Survey<br />How long before it is over-fished?<br /><br />Of course there is nothing to worry about according to the cornwall alliance:<br />http://www.cornwallalliance.org/alert/cornwall-alliance-releases-an-evangelical-declaration-on-global-warming/<br />"1.We believe Earth and its ecosystems—created by God’s intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence —are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth’s climate system is no exception. Recent global warming is one of many natural cycles of warming and cooling in geologic history."<br /><br /><b>Remember to check who signed up to this!</b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />thefordprefecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07210786222021457913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-63180870770386595572013-11-08T08:01:50.112-05:002013-11-08T08:01:50.112-05:00Fixed malformed linksFixed malformed linksEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-35990929606545110462013-11-08T06:06:05.413-05:002013-11-08T06:06:05.413-05:00Apparently, a few years ago the USS Ronald Reagan,...Apparently, a few years ago the <i>USS Ronald Reagan</i>, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and symbol of armed might, had to ignominously free from Brisbane when jellyfish also clogged its water pumps.<br /><br />Say hello to our new gelatinous masters.<br /><br />http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/sep/26/jellyfish-theyre-taking-over/<br /><br />TobyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26128614135654010242013-11-07T23:11:25.584-05:002013-11-07T23:11:25.584-05:00And just in case we weren't already sitting up...And just in case we weren't already sitting up and paying attention:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1937.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1937.html</a><br /><br /><br />Bernard J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41923019852635686342013-11-07T22:05:59.696-05:002013-11-07T22:05:59.696-05:00I shall immediately entreat George Church to arres...I shall immediately entreat George Church to arrest our descent of the sandwhich food chain by sequencing the obvious synthetic biology solution to the problem of getting tuna off the hook:<br /><br />The peanutbutterandjellyfish<br /><br />THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-21715275569426778952013-11-07T21:04:02.962-05:002013-11-07T21:04:02.962-05:00Links, after the first one, aren't connected y...Links, after the first one, aren't connected yet. <br /><br />How do we transfer these findings? <br /><br />Probably the <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=elk+dieoff+algae+toxin" rel="nofollow">blue-green algae</a> are going to deliver that message, if the resistant bacteria don't do it first.Hank Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07521410755553979665noreply@blogger.com