#jellyfish — Public Fediverse posts
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Another version of a Moon Jellyfish, foolishly drawn in my grid sketchbook #art #drawing #jellyfish #nature
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Hitching a ride: a photographer onboard a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship captured this picture of a crab hitchhiking inside a barrel jellyfish in the Thracian sea, northern Greece.
Photograph: Martina Birrer/Sea Shepherd Global
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Medusae of the World: Plate 12, Volume 1 (1910) by A. G. Mayer, from Medusae of the World.
Source: MBLWHOI Library / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b2af53fc-5e63-4a30-b6ed-e595434ef37d
#anatomy #zoology #jellyfish #marine #medusae #bookillustration #lithography #art #publicdomain
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This morning's #workout #music is a slick album video from Luedji Luna • Um Mar Pra Cada Um complete with #Jellyfish and #cephalopod s
https://youtu.be/JJfTSggUp5s
#Brasil #NeoSoul #JazzFusion #MPB #WomenInMusic #KettleBells #BodyWeightTraining #Wellness -
Drifting past the pier
Two jellyfish drifted past the end of the pier at Ballycotton, less than a metre under the surface but in the warm light of a setting sun the water grew dark quickly with depth....
https://inphotos.org/2026/07/31/drifting-past-the-pier/
#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Cork #CountyCork #Ireland #IrishCoast #jellyfish #MarineLife #MoonJellyfish #Photo #Photography #pier #underwater #WildlifePhotography
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Drifting past the pier
Two jellyfish drifted past the end of the pier at Ballycotton, less than a metre under the surface but in the warm light of a setting sun the water grew dark quickly with depth. -
#QuizOfTheDay: The '#Immortal #Jellyfish' (Turritopsis dohrnii) achieves biological immortality through which cellular process when threatened by stress or old age?
A. Parthenogenesis
B. Anabiosis
C. Transdifferentiation
D. Apoptosishttps://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=6a0d6b5e18b020bb031cc261
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NEWSFLASH:
JELLY FISH SHUT DOWN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTFour units at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in Nord, #France, were shut down on Monday due to the ‘massive and unforeseeable presence of jellyfish’ in the pumping stations for the water used to cool the reactors.
Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images
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#photography
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#Jellyfish Shut Four French #NuclearReactors as #HeatWave Builds
By Eamon Farhat
August 11, 2025"#Electricite de France SA [#EDF] was forced to shut four #AtomicReactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums at its #Gravelines power plant.
"The 'massive and unforeseen' [um, not if you read my posts -- very much FORESEEN] presence of jellyfish in the filter drums of pumping stations closed four out of six reactors at Gravelines on the north coast of France, EDF said in a statement on Monday. Pumping stations for coastal #NuclearPlants usually draw in sea water for cooling, sometimes exposing them to marine life.
"A #MarineHeatWave is intensifying off the west coast of France, with unusually warm waters in the English Channel near Gravelines, data from #Copernicus Marine Service show. Jellyfish populations can 'bloom' at such times, and France has closed several beaches in recent weeks due to invasions of the eight-legged molluscs, according reports compiled by the beach information app Meduseo."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/bahil#EuropeHeatWaves #France #Jellyfish #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPowerPlants #ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
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Invasion of #jellyfish, heat, water too hot: #GlobalWarming threatens the functioning of #NuclearPowerPlants
Several reactors are regularly forced to stop to protect river #biodiversity. While cuts in periods of high heat still have a very limited impact on supply, electrification of uses and #ClimateChange could make a difference.
Marie Toulgoat , Published 11 August 2025
"When nature paralyses the French nuclear park. Four units of the Gravelines nuclear power plant (northern) are at a standstill on Monday 11 August due to the 'mass and unforeseeable presence of jellyfish; at the water pumping stations used for the cooling of the reactors, EDF announced.
"These automatic stops of units 2, 3, 4 and 6 'have had no consequences on the safety of the installations, the safety of personnel or on the environment', #EDF assures on its site. The plant is thus temporarily completely shut down, as its other two production units 1 and 5 are currently under maintenance.
"On Sunday, 29 June, no steam volutes escaped from the chimneys of the Gulf nuclear power plant (Tarn-et-Garonne). Due to the intense #HeatWave in #France, the reactor in operation at the site was shut down. In the middle of the summer of 2024, the nuclear power plant had already been forced to reduce its production."
Read more (en Français):
https://www.humanite.fr/environnement/canicule/meduses-canicule-eau-trop-chaude-quand-le-rechauffement-climatique-menace-le-fonctionnement-des-centrales-nucleairesArchived version (en Français):
https://archive.ph/zNGD2#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearPowerNoThanks #NuclearWasteIsForever #NuclearPowerPlants
#NuclearPowerNoThanks
#NuclearPlants #Heatwaves
#ExtremeHeat #RenewablesNow #RenewableEnergy #RethinkNotRestart
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #Atomkraft #AtomkraftNeinDanke #LeNucléaireNonMerci -
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵" 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗺 (𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲-𝗚𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁) -
This graphic novel takes on the challenge of progressive vision loss on a non-binary protagonist who has other challenges. I know little else about it except highly recommended by many for its approach to disability.
#books #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #boum #samanthalerichegionet #jellyfish #canadianliterature #graphicnovel #disability #visionloss
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#Jellyfish attack #NuclearPowerPlant. Again.
By Susan D’Agostino | October 28, 2021
" #Scotland’s only working nuclear power plant at #Torness shut down in an emergency procedure when jellyfish clogged the sea water-cooling intake pipes at the plant, according to the Scotland Herald this week. Without access to cool water, a nuclear power plant risks overheating. The intake pipes can also be damaged, which disrupts power generation. And ocean life that gets sucked into a power plant’s intake pipes risks death.
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"The clash between gelatinous jellyfish and hulking nuclear power plants has a long history. These spineless, brainless, bloodless creatures shut down the Torness nuclear power plant in 2011 at a cost of approximately $1.5 million per day, according to one estimate. Swarms of these invertebrates have also been responsible for nuclear power plant shutdowns in Israel, Japan, the United States, the #Philippines, #SouthKorea, and Sweden.
"Humans have unwittingly nurtured the adversarial relationship between jellyfish and nuclear power plants. That is, human-induced #ClimateChange has raised ocean water temperatures, setting conditions for larger-than-usual jellyfish populations. Further, the relatively warm water near nuclear power plant discharge outlets may attract jellyfish swarms, according to one study. Also, #pollution has lowered #oxygen levels in sea water, which jellyfish tolerate more than other marine animals, leading to their proliferation.
"Some look at jellyfish and see elegant ballerinas of the sea, while others view them as pests. Either way, they are nothing if not resilient. Jellyfish are 95 percent water, drift in topical waters and the Arctic Ocean, and thrive in the ocean’s bottom as well as on its surface. Nuclear power plant operators might take note: Older-than-dinosaur jellyfish are likely here to stay."
Full article:
https://thebulletin.org/2021/10/jellyfish-attack-nuclear-power-plant-again/#OceansAreLife #NuclearPowerPlants
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart
