Jellyfish invade the British coast as temperatures rise

Written By ديانا الحموري on 2014/06/29

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">ArabiaWeather.com - Billions of <strong>jellyfish</strong> have appeared around the UK coast after weeks of hot weather.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> And the British Daily Mail newspaper stated that billions of jellyfish suddenly appeared in English waters, as these creatures respond to high sea temperatures.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> One of the citizens, Bentley, age 43, said, &quot;I have lived here all my life and have never seen anything like it. Only a few thousand were floating there, but after that the number increased exponentially!&quot;</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Jellyfish, used by conservationists as a barometer of the seas, are notoriously sensitive to changes in temperature, pollution, predator numbers and food sources.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Statistics issued by the Met Office show a significant increase in the number of jellyfish, starting from the month of June, as Britain is moving towards recording the sixth warmest year since records began in 1910.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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