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New research by METU has revealed the concerning levels of oxygen in the inland sea.

After the mucilage in 2021, the number, quantity and biomass of species such as sharks and rays in the Marmara Sea increased by nearly 100%.

Many commercial fish species are unable to survive at depths greater than 30 meters in Turkey's inland sea due to a significant decrease in oxygen levels, which have dropped to one-fourth of what they were four decades ago, according to data from METU.

Having faced a mucilage, or sea snot, problem last summer, İstanbul has witnessed pollution similar to mucilage on Fenerbahçe Coast in Kadıköy.

Greenpeace Mediterranean has raised concerns that wastewater the volume of 280 olympic pools mixes with the Marmara Sea from the Ergene River every day: “The solution is to close the water valves discharging the waste water.”

Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum examined the sea cleaning efforts in the Sea of Marmara amid the ongoing mucilage problem. The Ministry has unveiled a 22-point action plan to clear the sea from the sea snot.

Last night some people in Istanbul felt the three-second shake originating in the Marmara Sea.