Scientists emphasize that although mucilage is nearly absent in eastern Marmara, continued pollution and warming trends could ...

"Sea snot" clogs up Turkey's Marmara Sea 03:05. Istanbul — Turkey's Marmara Sea is dying.Globs of feathery goo are literally choking the life out of the water. Scientists say rising sea ...

Prof Mustafa Sarı of Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University’s Faculty of Maritime Studies, who conducted a dive in the Erdek Gulf for this report, described mucilage as "a consequence of our improper ...

The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) has announced that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred in the Sea of Marmara, specifically in the Gemlik Gulf (off the coast of Bursa ...

Officials also began the cleaning of mucilage reaching the Gulf of Izmit. Mucilage, also known colloquially as “sea snot,” is the overgrowth of microscopic algae called phytoplankton.

The Sea of Marmara in the northwest corner of Turkey is currently plagued by a mucus-excreting phytoplankton bloom known as “Sea Snot” that is likely due to a combination of coastal pollution ...

Turkey is rushing to combat a pollution-caused muck in the Sea of Marmara that's growing across the seabed and excretes a foul mucus on the water's surface.

BANDIRMA, Turkey — The Sea of Marmara, fabled for centuries for its blue waters and sparkling fish, laps the shores of Istanbul. Its perfect form inspired a 19th-century historian to describe ...