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Turkey s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to save the country s shores from sea snot building up in its southern waters.
A thick, slimy layer the mucus-like matter is spreading along the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, damaging marine life and the fishing industry.
Experts blame pollution and climate change. Hopefully, we will save our seas from this mucilage calamity, President Erdogan said. 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.
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Turkey s Sea of Marmara has seen the largest outbreak of sea snot on record.
The President has promised to save our seas from the substance caused by pollution.
It is causing problems for marine life and the fishing industry.
Turkey s President Erdogan has promised to save the country s seas from sea snot, a slimy layer of gray or green sludge that could endanger marine life and the fishing industry.
The substance, which is known as marine mucilage or sea snot, forms when algae are overloaded with nutrients due to climate change and water pollution.
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