From LiveScience.com:

Pulsating jellyfish and their swim pals stir up the oceans with as much vigor as tides and winds, scientists have found. Their study also found that the shape of the aquatic blobs affects their mixing abilities.

Until now, oceanographers had dismissed the idea that such tiny ocean creatures could play a role in mixing various layers of ocean water on a large scale. The argument was based on evidence that any swishing from fish tails, say, would get dampened by the ocean’s viscosity (a measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow — honey has a high viscosity compared with water).

But the new study, which is published in the July 30 issue of the journal Nature, reveals a mixing mechanism first described by Charles Darwin’s grandson that is actually enhanced by the ocean’s viscosity, making these tiny sea critters major players in ocean mixing.

July 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The darndest things pop up in crop circles these days, but this is proof that our new alien overlords will be jellyfish. The above image is a depiction of Overlord Barclay.

Others, ignorant about such things claim the crop circle details an upcoming solar storm. That should know solar storms are created by reptilian space men that can only be contacted via a ouija board. Yet another failure of the educational system.

from Discovery.com:

Giant jellyfish like this one are taking over parts of the world’s oceans as overfishing and other human activities open windows of opportunity for them to prosper, say researchers.

In this photo, a diver is attaching a sensor to track a monster Echizen jellyfish, which has a body almost 5 feet across, off the coast of northern Japan.

Jellyfish are normally kept in check by fish, which eat small jellyfish and compete for jellyfish food such as zooplankton, researchers said. But, with overfishing, jellyfish numbers are increasing.

These huge creatures can burst through fishing nets, as well as destroy local fisheries with their taste for fish eggs and larvae.

Photo credit: Yomiuri Shibun/AFP/Getty Images

Woot! We got the blog up and running.

Now back to the php…. ::grunt::

I have almost forgotten about that Warcraft thingy…