{"id":31502,"date":"2024-09-05T08:21:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/?p=31502"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:30:36","slug":"our-new-research-reveals-jellyfish-arent-drifting-aimlessly-theyre-actively-trying-to-escape-the-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/our-new-research-reveals-jellyfish-arent-drifting-aimlessly-theyre-actively-trying-to-escape-the-shores\/","title":{"rendered":"Our New Research Reveals: Jellyfish Aren&#8217;t Drifting Aimlessly \u2013 They&#8217;re Actively Trying to Escape the Shores!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31502\" class=\"elementor elementor-31502\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cb68d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cb68d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a6891\" data-id=\"55a6891\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-37f530c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37f530c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8f6f2b\" data-id=\"c8f6f2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f4dd1\" data-id=\"73f4dd1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-821a987 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"821a987\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/science-and-health\/2024-09-15\/ty-article\/go-west-young-jellyfish-israeli-researchers-discover-theyre-trying-to-avoid-the-coast\/00000191-f5b3-db99-adfb-f5fb77220000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Research Reveals: Jellyfish Aren't Drifting Aimlessly \u2013 They're Actively Trying to Escape the Shores<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6862cb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6862cb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>05.09.2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86c3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e86c3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"99076cee-ad84-4be3-beca-edf622507f50\"><div><div><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our researchers have found that, rather than drifting aimlessly, jellyfish in the Mediterranean are actually trying to move in a specific direction, often away from beaches \u2014 they&#8217;re just not very good at it. \u201cUntil now, it was widely assumed that jellyfish aggregations swam randomly, with their direction determined solely by water currents. However, thanks to innovative research methods, we discovered that along the coast of Israel, jellyfish swim westward, against the direction of the waves,\u201d said Dr. Yoav Lehahn, from our Marine Geosciences Department.\u00a0These changes help improve readability and provide a slightly more polished tone for the article.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a074cf elementor-align-left elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0a074cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/science-and-health\/2024-09-15\/ty-article\/go-west-young-jellyfish-israeli-researchers-discover-theyre-trying-to-avoid-the-coast\/00000191-f5b3-db99-adfb-f5fb77220000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HAARETZ<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-844c9e0 elementor-align-left elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"844c9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israel21c.org\/turns-out-jellyfish-can-swim-theyre-just-really-slow\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFV8W1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdISk_xzhSz4Bz0FJ9CMJ8dggZTYD_oZ68slvnDHDDs4fR2MEWbFiCrvRg_aem_V61Wzam6rBS5QL9eOHkjag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">ISRAEL21C<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our researchers have found that, rather than drifting aimlessly, jellyfish in the Mediterranean are actually trying to move in a specific direction, often away from beaches \u2014 they&#8217;re just not very good at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[107,105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-media","category-news-archive","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marsci.haifa.ac.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}