It spread across the entire Sea of Marmara in 7 weeks! The mucilage nightmare has begun again

Mucilage, which reappeared in the Gulf of Erdek on October 23, 2024, spread across the entire Sea of Marmara within 7 weeks. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sarı, a faculty member at the Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Faculty of Maritime Studies, stated that the mucilage, which is the nightmare of the Sea of Marmara, is spreading rapidly and noted that there has been no significant improvement in treatment, in particular.

In his statement, Sarı noted that the mucilage reached the vicinity of the Marmara Islands and the coasts of Tekirdağ on November 6, the Princes' Islands of Istanbul on November 13, and the Gulf of İzmit on December 5, spreading across the entire Sea of Marmara in approximately 7 weeks.

Emphasizing that the Sea of Marmara is under the grip of pollutants reaching it from diffuse sources carried by more than two hundred streams, as well as the dense industry clustered to serve half the country and a population of approximately 25 million living around it, Sarı continued as follows:

“In the Sea of Marmara, there is a north-south surface current from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean via the straits, and a south-north bottom current from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. This original current system has led to the dumping of domestic, industrial, agricultural, and other wastes into the sea via deep-sea discharge for years, based on some scientific assessments lacking ecosystem knowledge. The expectation is that the waste dumped into the depths via deep-sea discharge will be carried away by the Mediterranean-origin current and eventually transmitted to the deep waters of the Black Sea. This erroneous thinking must still be influential today, as the untreated waters of the Ergene River have also begun to be dumped into the Sea of Marmara by bypassing the basin through tunnels.”

News Source: 12punto