WHO ARE WE?   

 

Four students. Female. Helsinki. University of Applied Sciences Metropolia. 

        Media & Design. Saving the Baltic Sea. Pollution. Jellyfish. JOLO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saving the Baltic Sea seems like a big challenge. A risk worth taking, because pollution is causing serious problems. You might have heard about some, but not all. of them So therefore we are taking this opportunity and challenge to raise awareness among you, our future, and save the Baltic Sea. JOLO.

 

JOLO. A small word hyped through the years. 'You only live once' is the correct meaning of it. We only live once, but want to pass the beautiful nature we have to our next generations. That is why we dedicated the name to our project and adapted it to the subject to make it JOLO: Jellyfish only live once.

 

Ocean acidification is a growing problem and jellyfish are outcompeting other fish. They multiply in ‘blooms’ because of the warm oceans due to climate changes. If we continue over-fishing there will be less predators and more jellyfish. Oceanographer Josep Maria Gili explains it as follows: “If you reduce the number of fish that eat jellyfish, as well as the number of fish that compete with jellyfish for food, naturally the number of jellyfish is going to increase as a result.” The Baltic, the North Sea, the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea are all waters that see less fish and more jellyfish. They will be the only ones we can find in the seas in about 40 years.