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Substance could pose problem to fish and eventually humans

Reset Known as sea mucus or sea snot, it’s a mixture of gooey sea animal corpses and their poo (many deep-sea creatures actually eat it to survive). The substance has now covered the Sea of Marmara in Turkey, which hadn’t happened since 2007, and it could all be related to the world’s rising temperatures.  A coral covered with sea mucus. Image credit: Australian Institute of Marine Science Algae and phytoplankton hang out on the ocean’s surface, photosynthesizing with the sun’s help ...

Scientists say that the unpleasant-looking mucus isn’t a new phenomenon, but rising water temperatures caused by global warming may be making it worse.

Antonia Noori Farzan07:01, May 27 2021 Lokman Akkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Scientists say that the unpleasant-looking mucus isnt a new phenomenon, but rising water temperatures caused by global warming may be making it worse. For months, Turkish fishermen in the Sea of Marmara have been running into a problem: They cant catch fish. Thats because a thick, viscous substance known colloquially as "sea snot" is floating on the waters surface, clogging up their nets and raising doubts about w...

‘Sea snot’ covering Turkish shoreline blamed on global warming and sewage Samuel Osborne © Provided by The Independent A thick, sticky, mucus-like substance known as “sea snot” has spread across the waters of the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. Scientists have warned that the substance is increasing due to climate change. The sea snot, which had not been seen in the Sea of Marmara before 2007 and has been proliferating over the last six months, could pose a problem to fish a...

Tue 25 May 2021 05.36 EDT Last modified on Tue 25 May 2021 07.15 EDT When seen from above, it looks like a brush of beige swirled across the dark blue waters of the Sea of Marmara. Up close, it resembles a creamy, gelatinous blanket of quicksand. Now scientists are warning that the substance, known as sea snot, is on the rise as a result of global heating. The gloopy, mucus-like substance had not been recorded in Turkish waters before 2007. It is created as a result of prolonged warm temperatur...