Marine mucilage killing the Sea of Marmara
A few weeks ago, I woke up to the news that the Sea of Marmara was covered by a yellowish slime or foam. Like most people, it was the first time I had ever heard something like that. I was even more surprised to find out that this thing had been around since 2007. Then I started asking myself, what caused this thing? My researches led to this: First, the Marmara Sea is considered the smallest sea in the world. It is an inland sea that separates the Asiatic and European parts of Turkey. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Black Sea and the Dardanelles strait to the Aegean Sea. This huge...