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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 and creating oxygen in the process. In normal times, these floating sea plants are a stable part of ...

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 isn't 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 can't catch fish. That's because a thick, viscous substance known colloquially as "sea snot" is floating on the water's surface, clogging up their nets and raising doubts about whether fish found in the inland sea would actually be safe to eat. Scientists say that the unpl...

‘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 and eventually humans. The issue is caused by phytoplankton that can grow out of control when nutrien...