WE SAW THEM OPEN FOR CLAPTON
A thick blanket of ‘sea snot’ is wreaking havoc on Turkey’s coast
(Thanks to GJ and Rick Day)
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May 27, 2021
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"Marine mucilage" caused by nitrogen runoff and raw sewage dumping sounds as unappealing as the satellite picture looks. I don't think there's enough Benadryl to fix this.
Posted by: MOTW | May 27, 2021 at 10:58 AM
It is my understanding that this time of year in Turkey the pollen from the seaweed causes the plankton to develop allergies commonly know as bay fever.
Posted by: cfjk | May 27, 2021 at 10:59 AM
Part of the problem is that the Dardanelles restrict exchange with the open Aegean Sea. So it's a semi-stagnant body of water to begin with.
I doubt this is well-connected to climate. I was there at this time of year in 2015, and nothing like this was going on. If this was really climate-related, something like it would happen just about every year. This is a transient event.
Posted by: Rod Nunley | May 27, 2021 at 11:55 AM
There is a legend that the Island of Atlantis was abandoned and sunk to get rid of a similar problem. The records also claim it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Posted by: Le Petomane | May 27, 2021 at 12:32 PM
Isn't Red Tide the same as bloody sea snot?
Posted by: cfjk | May 27, 2021 at 03:10 PM
That snot funny.
Posted by: Steverino | May 27, 2021 at 09:20 PM