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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Taro Kaneko

Unusually high number of jellyfish arrive in UK seas

A barrel jellyfish moving through water.
The barrel jellyfish has arrived in great numbers in UK waters this summer. Photograph: Seaphotoart/Alamy

An unusually high number of jellyfish have arrived in the UK’s seas this summer, experts have said.

Jellyfish blooms arrive for their yearly reproduction cycle by following the current of warm water to the coast. Warm sea surface temperatures, which are exacerbated by global heating, create favourable conditions for jellyfish.

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