Mystery Jelly Found Across The UK

[carla]

Thanks TC and Kritts.
The picture in my link was so misleading. I think it is to hint that this is caused by Global warming.

Do you think this goo could be somehow related to this? Mysterious, doughy, unknown blob clogs sewer - Boing Boing




Or this?Isn't it strange that it mentions it is unknown how it got on u-tube? Why is that important?
ET Blob Found In NC Sewer Line? - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver

And this article mentions Bryozoan!!!

Mysterious 'sewer creature' sparks curiosity :: WRAL.com

[pat]

Well they wouldn't want it getting out into the public domain would they.ANyway I have a shrewd idea how it got to utube but my lips are sealed.
The water board was outside here 2 weeks ago and when i said 'whats wrong now' they said there was a blockage in the sewer/water main.Then a few days ago the people 4 doors down had the emergency water call out team there for ages messing around in the water pipe.So it must be building up in there causing probs,considering it'll be going down everyones waste pipe.Bet it creeps out one night and envelops the houses joining the fungus.It'll make a good film!

[tcmgpt13]

Do you suppose this is the reason some insurance companies are now offering riders on their home policies to cover damage from sewage and septic lines which back up into homes sometimes? Perhaps...Still when I looked and tried to find a photo of tubifex worms on google they looked nothing like the youtube image. Interesting, very interesting.

[pat]

Yes I do.I have been inundated with this insurance thing from the water board for ages.
Only thing i think they have slipped up cos they are offering it for £11/year.I think I'll take it out cos i envisage probs happening soon.I don't think they will have realised how widespread it is yet.They don't go into sewers much now and to save costs they even stopped putting rat poison down them.Wait till lots start to claim.LOL

[tcmgpt13]

A bit more about the mysterious goo off Alaska, a preliminary test result:

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska - TIME

"Test results released Thursday showed the blob wasn't oil, but a plant — a massive bloom of algae. While that may seem less dangerous, a lot of people are still uneasy. It's something the mostly Inupiat Eskimo residents along Alaska's northern coast say they could never remember seeing before."

The article goes on to say that additional toxicity tests are planned.

[carla]

"Test results released Thursday showed the blob wasn't oil, but a plant — a massive bloom of algae. While that may seem less dangerous, a lot of people are still uneasy. It's something the mostly Inupiat Eskimo residents along Alaska's northern coast say they could never remember seeing before."

The article goes on to say that additional toxicity tests are planned.

If any Eskimos are reading this please could you collect a sample and send it to Clifford Carnicom.
Thats the only way we will find out what it is .

[tcmgpt13]

Print Story: Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific - Yahoo! News

Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific
By Steve Gorman Steve Gorman Tue Aug 4, 8:42 am ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of miles (km) of open sea dubbed the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

A research vessel carrying a team of about 30 researchers, technicians and crew members embarked on Sunday on a three-week voyage from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, based at the University of California at San Diego.

The expedition will study how much debris -- mostly tiny plastic fragments -- is collecting in an expanse of sea known as the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, how that material is distributed and how it affects marine life.

The debris ends up concentrated by circular, clockwise ocean currents within an oblong-shaped "convergence zone" hundreds of miles (km) across from end to end near the Hawaiian Islands, about midway between Japan and the West Coast of the United States.

The focus of the study will be on plankton, other microorganisms, small fish and birds.

"The concern is what kind of impact those plastic bits are having on the small critters on the low end of the ocean food chain," Bob Knox, deputy director of research at Scripps, said on Monday after the ship had spent its first full day at sea.

The 170-foot vessel New Horizon is equipped with a laboratory for on-board research, but scientists also will bring back samples for further study.

Little is known about the exact size and scope of the vast debris field discovered some years ago by fishermen and others in the North Pacific that is widely referred to as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Large items readily visible from the deck of a boat are few and far between. Most of the debris consists of small plastic particles suspended at or just below the water surface, making it impossible to detect by aircraft or satellite images.

The debris zone shifts by as much as a thousand miles north and south on a seasonal basis, and drifts even farther south during periods of warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures known as El Nino, according to information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Besides the potential harm to sea life caused by ingesting bits of plastic, the expedition team will look at whether the particles could carry other pollutants, such as pesticides, far out to sea, and whether tiny organisms attached to the debris could be transported to distant regions and thus become invasive species.

(Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Will Dunham)