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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 is not a new phenomenon. The first documented case in Turkey occurred in 2007; however, the current o...

Experts warn that the situation will also continue to get worse as a result of climate change.

A goopy substance called sea snot has been clogging Turkish coasts in the Sea of Marmara for months. The mucus has been filling fishing nets, suffocating coral,

Fishing nets are bursting under the weight of a sea-snot blanket that extends about 100 feet below the surface of the water.

The mucus has been filling fishing nets, suffocating coral, and killing marine life. Climate change and fertilizer runoff may be fueling the algae boom that's behind the sea snot. Blankets of a goopy, camel-colored substance have been accumulating in the water off Turkey's 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) deep, according to the Turkish news site Cumhuriyet. The sea snot fills fishing nets and weighs them...