Comments on: Deadly Global Warming Jellyfish Delay Hollywood Filming

By: Torgrim

Torgrim — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:57:10 +0000

Sean O says on, there is many headlines blaming the environment for increase of Jellyfish.

Scientists blame the problem in part on overfishing, which has sapped stocks of natural jellyfish predators like tuna and turtles, and of small fish that compete with jellyfish to feed on plankton.

Another factor is global warming: jellyfish are drifting close to beaches more frequently as decreasing rainfall causes a drop in cooler, freshwater runoff from rivers — a natural barrier for the creatures.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19170076/

Now we can see Jellyfish mid winter in Oslo, Norway. And that is very unusual for Norway. normally they are gone in Oktober.

By: Hudson and McConaughey Recount Good Times With Killer Jellyfish // Archives // ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:15:12 +0000

[...] As we mentioned last year, during the filming of Fool’s Gold starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, things got a little sticky after the waters the two were in became infested with killer jellyfish. This ultimately delayed filming and caused producers to shift locations various times to avoid any fatal mishaps. The little killers in question are called irukandji and are no bigger than the size of a fingernail. As if that alone didn’t make them hard enough to spot, they’re also translucent. [...]

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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:14:44 +0000

[...] a surfer, always a surfer. Just watch out for those jellyfish, Jack. [...]

By: Sean O

Sean O — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:04:55 +0000

I am planning on writing about this within the coming week on my Global Warming blog: http://www.globalwarming-factorfiction.com and I will be filing it under the Ridiculous category. While I am sure that the jelly fish are causing great inconvenience to the local businesses, what factual evidence is there that this migration has anything to do with global warming – answer:NONE.