Sea snot choking Turkey's waters could be a warning to the world
Istanbul — Turkey's Marmara Sea is dying. Globs of feathery goo are literally choking the life out of the water. Scientists say rising sea temperatures and untreated wastewater being dumped into the sea combined to create the perfect conditions for phytoplankton to thrive. Now it's thriving at the expense of everything else.
At normal levels, the microscopic plant is essential for providing marine life with oxygen. But when it grows at the extreme levels seen in the Marmara now, it collects in a thick layer of slime known as mucilage, or, more descriptively, sea snot.
The snot is suffocating everything else right down to the coral, which it covers and slowly chokes to death.
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The Marmara Sea has about half the surface area of Lake Erie and a similar volume to Lake Huron.
The sea may be too salty for drinking water but the algae doesn't care.
Marmara Sea Algae:
Lake Erie Algae:
