Who Cares about Jellyfish? An Environmental Legacy of the Suez Canal Begins to Surface
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 8970533 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Karin Ahlberg (0000-0002-8745-2717, University of Oslo, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 764-771 |
| Data de publicação | 2022-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743823000053 |
| OpenAlex | W4321098245 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
On June 24, 2015, a huge swarm of jellyfish clogged the cooling system of an Israeli coal-fueled power plants located on the Mediterranean shoreline, almost forcing a shutdown. Images from the event displayed tons of pale blue, translucent jellies, lumped together in a container and spread over the factory floor after being removed from the cooling system filter. The spectacular incident prompted speculation that the jellyfish were foreign agents sent from Egypt to sabotage Israeli security. It may seem laughable, but this is not the first time that non-humans have figured as agents and national security threats in geopolitical dramas in the Middle East. In 2010, following repeated shark attacks on tourists in one of Egypt's Red Sea resorts, Sharm El-Sheikh, the governor of South Sinai told the media he could not rule out the possibility of the attacking shark being remotely controlled by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. In this context, foreign, underwater jellyfish armies are nothing out of the ordinary
Ancient history · Archaeology · Business · Clearing · Context (archaeology · Fishery · Geography · Geopolitics · Jellyfish · Middle East · Political science · Politics · Shore · Geology · History · Law · Marine and environmental studies · Marine Ecology and Invasive Species · Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology · Oceanography
| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 2,5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |