StungIf it seems as though you’ve been hearing more about the increasing number of jellyfish in the world’s oceans recently, you have because their numbers are increasing – dramatically. Its a subject of great ecological importance and one that Dr. Lisa-Ann Gershwin examines in depth in her new book Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean from The University of Chicago Press.

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