As reports of stings increase, nets are being rolled out across Far North Queensland ahead of what experts warn will be perfect conditions for jellyfish.
In Israel, rising water temperatures are creating the ideal conditions for swarms of jellyfish and costing the tourism industry $10 million in lost revenue.
Scientists say the East Australian Current is stronger than they anticipated and an enormous amount of warm water is flooding south. So what does that mean for our oceans?
After a warm winter, as many as trillions of by-the-wind sailor jellyfish strand on beaches. Observations from citizen scientists over 20 years explain why.