Up-to-the-minute jellyfish map tracker and forecaster developed by Prof. Dror Angel. 

Researchers from the Department of Maritime Civilizations cautiously predict that Israeli beaches will be jellyfish-free this summer, in contrast to previous years. Marine ecologist and lecturer Dr. Dor Edelist and his Department colleague Prof. Dror Angel, who founded the website “Jellyfish Among the People” (Meduzot Ba’am – www.meduzot.co.il) suggests that their absence may be connected to changes in ocean currents and climate change which impacts seawater warming. “A summer without jellyfish is great news for bathers, but we don’t believe we’ve seen the end of them. This year’s phenomenon does not reflect jellyfish populations that sit on the seabed when they are still in the polyp stage. Most likely, polyp colonies still exist and are waiting for the right conditions to hatch and release mature jellyfish into the sea.”  READ MORE