"Jellyfish blooms" refers to a sudden increase in the population of jellyfish in a particular area. It means that there are a lot more jellyfish than usual, and they are thriving and multiplying.
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Are a series
of jellyfish blooms simply a natural cycle, or are they a dire indication of global warming and increased ocean acidification?
Troublesome jellyfish blooms have prompted fears that jellyfish may come to dominate marine ecosystems thanks to humans, however, to some scientists this is premature and unfair.
Jellyfish blooms can cause chaos.
But then huge invading swarms —
jellyfish blooms — started making the news.
In 2006,
a jellyfish bloom temporarily disabled the Ronald Reagan, one of the US navy's flagship nuclear - powered supercarriers.
As Berwald snorkels amid
a jellyfish bloom in the Bay of Haifa, she watches a research photographer cavort with jellyfish like a dolphin.
The combination of overfishing and high levels of nutrients in the water has been linked to
jellyfish blooms.
In the past decade,
jellyfish blooms have been responsible for shutting down several nuclear reactors, which often rely on ocean water intakes.