Los Angeles Times
1 month agoCaliforniaBlue jellyfish-like critters arrive in Bay Area. When will they show up on SoCal beaches?
By-the-wind sailors, or Velella velellas, are washing up on Bay Area beaches due to warming waters, with an expected arrival on Southern California beaches soon.
The spike in by-the-wind sailors washing ashore is attributed to warming waters and increased nutrients from human-caused climate change, leading to accelerated reproduction of these creatures. [ more ]