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Posted Fri Oct 9 2009: from National Geographic News:
Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1255113873
 As sea temperatures have risen in recent decades, enormous sheets of a mucus-like material have begun forming more often, oozing into new regions, and lasting longer, a new Mediterranean Sea study says... Up to 124 miles (200 kilometers) long, the mucilages appear naturally, usually near Mediterranean coasts in summer. The season's warm weather makes seawater more stable, which facilitates the bonding of the organic matter that makes up the blobs.... Now, due to warmer temperatures, the mucilages are forming in winter too -- and lasting for months.... But the new study found that Mediterranean mucilages harbor bacteria and viruses, including potentially deadly E. coli, Danovaro said.
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Might the mucilage blobs compete with the jellyfish swarms?

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