When do jellyfish come to shore

Always obey warning sings posted on beaches. Swim on guarded beaches only and ask a lifeguard about the presence of jellyfish and other ocean hazards. Carefully remove pluck, not scrape the tentacles from the skin use a towel, napkin, or other item other than your fingers and rinse the affected area with vinegar. Get medical help in case you suffer from a severe reaction. Immediate medical care may be necessary as jellyfish stings may cause an anaphylactic shock or even death.

Get the help of a lifeguard or call A team of University of Hawaii researchers recently published a report in the journal Toxins about the best treatment for box jellyfish stings. According to the researchers, vinegar is effective in preventing more venom from being released into the skin, as is a product called Sting No More, which has a venon-inhibiting effect. This may have caused jellyfish populations to spike before seasonal wind changes blew the jellies ashore in the spring.

Images of melt: Earth's vanishing ice. The reality of climate change: 10 myths busted. Top 10 ways to destroy Earth. In other words, the blob may have helped Velella jellies thrive off the Pacific coast, leading to much larger stranding events those years. The sailor jellies could therefore become climate change "winners" as global warming is predicted to increase the frequency of marine heat waves, the researchers wrote.

But their success will come at the expense of other, less fortunate creatures — and a whole mess of jellyfish carcasses on our coasts. Brandon has been a senior writer at Live Science since , and was formerly a staff writer and editor at Reader's Digest magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona, with minors in journalism and media arts. He enjoys writing most about space, geoscience and the mysteries of the universe.

Live Science. Bob Hart Author. Comments Your email address will not be published or shared. Steve Fitzgerald May 30, For those of us who are allergic to bee stings, we will also have reaction to jellyfish stings.

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