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Petition: Protect Environment to Stop "Sea Snot" From Killing Marine Life

Support OneGreenPlanet Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! Support Us Recently, the Marmara Sea on the Turkish coast has become covered in marine mucilage, often referred to as “sea snot.” The thick, slimy substance is a result of an “excessive proliferation of phytoplankton.” Scientists say that it likely worsened due to climate change, pollution from sewage, and agricultural run-off. Sea snot i...
Muharrem Balci Tayyip Erdogan Mustafa Sar Murat Kurum Onyedi Eyl University Marine Faculty

'Sea Snot' Crisis in Turkey: Climate Change Is Fueling a Mucus Carpet

The mucus has been filling fishing nets, suffocating coral, and killing marine life. Climate change and fertilizer runoff may be fueling the algae boom thats behind the sea snot. Blankets of a goopy, camel-colored substance have been accumulating in the water off Turkeys coast for months. The goop, called marine mucilage or "sea snot," is covering so much of the coastline along the Sea of Marmara that people can no longer fish there. The sea snot formations can get up to 100 feet (30 meters) de...
Mustafa Sar Onyedi Eyl Onsekiz Mart University Istanbul University Climate Change Marine Life

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