"Jellyfish attack hundreds in Spain" by Associated Press | August 12, 2010
MADRID — A vast flotilla of jellyfish have stung hundreds of people on Spanish beaches this week — a swimmer’s nightmare that biologists say will become increasingly common because of climate change and overfishing....
On Tuesday alone, 380 people were stung, compared with the usual four or five swimmers a day, said Juan Carlos Castellanos of the Elche city tourism department....
Normally, jellyfish are kept off shore by a natural barrier of less-salty water formed with runoff from summer rains.
But with rain more scant because of global warming, this protective cushion is weaker, said Jose Maria Gili, a jellyfish specialist at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona.--more--"
Yeah, they really are pushing it lately -- which makes me all the more suspicious regarding a man-made HAARP.
Also see: New Hampshire's Jaws
