Mastigias Jellyfish
Does this humble jellyfish help determine Earth’s climate? Studies of theseMastigias jellies in a landlocked Palau lake recently prompted scientists to suggest that the motion of sea animals plays a major role in seawater mixing. Winds and tides are major ocean mixers but sea creatures—including jellyfish—may account for as much as a third of the total, the study suggests. That would mean jellies are significant drivers of ocean circulation patterns and thus help to determine Earth’s climate.
(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)
Does this humble jellyfish help determine Earth’s climate? Studies of theseMastigias jellies in a landlocked Palau lake recently prompted scientists to suggest that the motion of sea animals plays a major role in seawater mixing. Winds and tides are major ocean mixers but sea creatures—including jellyfish—may account for as much as a third of the total, the study suggests. That would mean jellies are significant drivers of ocean circulation patterns and thus help to determine Earth’s climate.
(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)
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