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Turkey vows to solve 'sea snot' outbreak

by servitor on 6/6/21, 3:06 PM with 4 comments

  • by yesenadam on 6/6/21, 11:08 PM

    > "Sea snot", or marine mucilage, is a naturally-occurring green sludge that forms when algae is overloaded with nutrients as a result of hot weather and water pollution. ...It was first found in Turkey in 2007 but has also been discovered in the Aegean Sea near Greece.

    Seems a bit of a stretch to call something caused by pollution "naturally-occurring".

  • by brianbreslin on 6/6/21, 6:46 PM

    Is this similar to sargassum growing out of control, or the red tides we've seen in the US gulf coast (from temp change + fertilizer spillage)?
  • by JensRantil on 6/7/21, 12:36 AM

    I think Erdogan just vowed to fix climate change. Great!