5/28/2023 0 Comments Spineless jellyfish book![]() ![]() Increasingly dire headlines drew her back to jellies, as unprecedented jellyfish blooms toppled ecosystems and collapsed the world's most productive fisheries. More than a decade ago, she left the sea and her scientific career behind to raise a family in landlocked Austin, Texas. Juli Berwald's journey into the world of jellyfish is a personal one. Long ignored by science, they may be a key to ecosystem stability. They produce some of the deadliest toxins on the planet and still remain undeniably alluring. They look simple, yet their propulsion systems are so advanced that engineers are just learning how to mimic them. ![]() They have no centralized brain, but they see and feel and react to their environment in complex ways. A former ocean scientist goes in pursuit of the slippery story of jellyfish, rediscovering her passion for marine science and the sea's imperiled ecosystems. ![]()
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