http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/04/wildlife.climatechange

What else should we blame on global warming?

What else should we blame on global warming?

I have a twitch in my right eye and my toaster has stopped working. Could I be suffering from global warming too?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/04/wildlife.climatechange

What else should we blame on global warming?

Just further proof of how far "human caused" "global warming" hysteria is going.
Eventually, these lunatics will be blaming everything on "human caused" "global warming".........

There are jelly fish attacking fish farms in areas they normally aren't in. Wouldn't more shark attacks be because there are more sharks in areas they aren't normally in?

Well the headline for the article is somewhat sensational - the actual content of the article is somewhat more sensible - and all of it draws upon what we know.

Certainly the climate change explanation is a valid one - in terms of the way that it is changing the ranges and distributions of many marine species including sharks, and therefore bringing more sharks into areas where they are more likely to come into contact with humans.

Of course as the article is quick to point out, its not the only explanation - and indeed the simple fact that with a larger population, and a larger proportion of that population engaging in leisure pursuits in the water is just as good if not better an explanation for the increase in attacks in my opinion.

There are jelly fish attacking fish farms in areas they normally aren't in. Wouldn't more shark attacks be because there are more sharks in areas they aren't normally in?

The short answer is probably yes - although recent changes in ranges and distributions of sharks correspond to changes in sea temperatures and ocean currents - in turn a result of climate changes. It doesn't quite answer why there is an increase in shark attacks when shark populations have crashed to (in many places) as little as 1% of what they were 30 years ago.

The common cause of jellyfish population explosions is overfishing - human activity brings local fish populations close to extinction, leaving jellyfish - which have few natural predators - with no competition for their main food source (copepods), and BOOM! jellyfish soup!

Almost everything changes when the climate does. (As opposed to the weather, say.)

Shark populations are down, in general. The bigger sharks, the ones most likely to kill humans, have been cut by about 90% world wide according to fisheries researchers.

According to the article, most of the bites from the worst beach have come from small sharks - a couple of feet long.

Generally more people in the water would not explain dramatic year to year variations.

Just further proof of how far "human caused" "global warming" hysteria is going.
Eventually, these lunatics will be blaming everything on "human caused" "global warming".........

um global warming could have been a factor. coral is very sensitive to changes in temperture. coral goes away so do the fish. sharks need to find new source of food. some like this happened in racife brazil although it wasn't global warming