‘Sea snot’ on Turkey’s shores alarms environmentalists

  • June 4, 2021
‘Sea snot’ on Turkey’s shores alarms environmentalists

This aerial photograph taken on June 4, 2021 in Turkey’s Marmara Sea at a harbor on the shoreline of Istanbul shows mucilage, a jelly-like layer of slime that develops on the surface of the water due to the excessive proliferation of phytoplankton, gravely threatening the marine biome. The mucilage has been informally referred to as “sea snot” and was first documented in Turkey´s waters in 2007. Experts warn the mucilage will occur more often because of global warming. — AFP/Yasin Akgul

ISTANBUL: A thick, brown, bubbly foam dubbed “sea snot” has covered the shores of the Sea of Marmara, alarming Istanbul residents and raising new environmental concerns.

The naturally-occurring mucilage was first documented in Turkey in 2007, when it was also seen in parts of the Aegean Sea near…

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