Reblog: How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish

meduse_40_l27oceanografic_del_ciutat_de_les_arts_i_les_cic3a8ncies
Moon jellies (Aurelia sp.) Source: Wikimedia

A very interesting article on how jellyfish might not be taking over the world, even if the idea did:

When is a jellyfish plague not (necessarily) a jellyfish plague? When time-poor scientists selectively cite the literature to make it look like the oceans are flooded with jellies – even when it’s far from clear that they really are.

What does scientists being in a rush have to do with jellyfish populations? Let’s start from the beginning. [Full article at:: The Conversation]

 

 

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s