{"id":17703,"date":"2024-09-17T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/?p=17703"},"modified":"2024-09-17T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:15:25","slug":"the-mediterranean-is-warming-and-the-marmara-is-losing-oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/the-mediterranean-is-warming-and-the-marmara-is-losing-oxygen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mediterranean is warming up, the Marmara Sea is losing oxygen \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to research by Sea Explorer, the Mediterranean Sea is the sea where climate change is felt most intensely. In Marmara, oxygen is depleting day by day due to intense human impact.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sea Explorer, an unmanned underwater glider provided by T\u00fcrkiye \u0130\u015f Bankas\u0131 for the use of METU Institute of Marine Sciences, has collected important data that will shed light on science. The data, which supports ecosystem and climate research in Marmara and the Mediterranean, revealed that the sea water temperature in the Eastern Mediterranean is above the world average. In Marmara, it is seen that the oxygen in the environment is rapidly depleting due to pollutants coming from domestic, industrial and agricultural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marmara is poor in oxygen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most critical benefit that Sea Explorer offers to marine research is the collection of continuous, uninterrupted and high-resolution data in horizontal and vertical directions by scanning a wide area, thus capturing and detecting daily changes in the region. In the research, it was observed that oxygenated Mediterranean bottom water enters the southern region of Marmara where Band\u0131rma and Edremit Bay are located. It was observed that this water loses its effect as it moves from west to east, and even in winter conditions, many regions towards the Gulf of Izmit remain oxygen-poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results, which reveal the horizontal and vertical changes in such a large area in high resolution for the first time, point out that steps should be taken to prevent further negative impacts on living life in the Marmara Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery in the Black Sea waters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first study launched by the unmanned underwater glider Deniz K\u00e2\u015fifi in the Black Sea continues. The Sea Explorer, which met our seas again within the scope of the research expedition carried out in the Black Sea with the support of METU's oceanographic research vessel Bilim-2 and the Marine Ecosystem and Climate Research Center (DEKOS\u0130M) and the Horizon 2020 Bridge-BS Project, successfully advanced to the border of Turkey's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data collected by the Sea Explorer, which will continue its mission in the Black Sea until the end of July, will be compared with the data collected during the offshore expedition. This comparison is expected to be the first comprehensive study on the Black Sea offshore oceanography and an important milestone in the field of marine research. The data to be collected will contribute to the development of science-based policies for the sustainable management of our seas by increasing the national marine research capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impact of intense human activity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Dr. Bar\u0131\u015f Saliho\u011flu, Director of METU Institute of Marine Sciences, stated that the Marmara Sea is an inland sea where intense human activities are experienced in addition to the negative changes in the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saliho\u011flu said that being surrounded by provinces that host one-fifth of Turkey's population and have a diversified economy ranging from agriculture to energy, tourism to industry, the human pressure on the Marmara Sea is increasing day by day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pointing out that the fact that water exchange with other seas is only through two narrow straits reduces Marmara's defense power against humans, Saliho\u011flu said: \u201cOceanographic data collected by METU Marine Sciences Institute for more than 40 years show that oxygen in the Marmara Sea, especially in deep basins and gulfs, has fallen below critical levels. This indicates that the negative effects on the living creatures living in the Marmara Sea will increase even more. Urgent measures need to be taken to prevent the Marmara Sea from becoming a dead sea without oxygen after a certain depth like the Black Sea. In the first place, it is of great importance to control and supervise human-induced domestic, industrial and agricultural pollutants rich in nutrient loads such as nitrogen, phosphorus, etc. carried to Marmara by basins and wastewaters.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTemperature rise in the Mediterranean affects marine ecosystems\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the findings in the Mediterranean, Saliho\u011flu stated that the effects of human-induced climate change such as warming, unexpected weather events and acidification of the seas are intensely experienced throughout the Mediterranean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Saliho\u011flu pointed out that their research supports that seawater temperatures are above the world average in the Eastern Mediterranean, where these effects are felt the most, and said, \u201cThis temperature increase due to global warming has a negative effect on the change in the reproduction and feeding periods of marine organisms. In addition, the adaptation success of foreign species entering through the Suez Canal threatens the biodiversity of the region. This reveals that there will be significant changes in the marine ecosystem as a whole. The need for high-resolution data comes to the fore in detecting all these findings. At this point, Deniz K\u00e2\u015fifi continues to provide quality, uninterrupted and high-resolution data to both scientists and decision makers.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmphasis on \u201dcommon cause\"<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, \u0130zlem Erdem, Executive Vice President and Sustainability Leader at \u0130\u015fbank, emphasized that \u0130\u015fbank considers the basic principles that are identified with sustainability today as one of the main pillars of all its activities since its establishment: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe problem of pollution in our seas, which play a major role in maintaining ecological balance, is a common issue for all of us. More than 90 percent of the habitable volume on Earth is located in the deep seas, and the creatures here support life on the entire planet. For this reason, we collaborate with experts and carry out many studies to protect and sustain the seas and marine resources. We are delighted to see that Deniz K\u00e2\u015fifi, one of these valuable studies, contributes to the marine research conducted by METU Institute of Marine Sciences, and we are happy to be able to support the creation of data for scientific solutions to climate problems.\u2019<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deniz K\u00e2\u015fifi’nin ara\u015ft\u0131rmas\u0131na g\u00f6re Akdeniz, iklim de\u011fi\u015fiminin en yo\u011fun hissedildi\u011fi deniz. Marmara\u2019da ise yo\u011fun insan etkisiyle oksijen g\u00fcnden g\u00fcne t\u00fckeniyor.\u00a0\u00a0 T\u00fcrkiye \u0130\u015f Bankas\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan ODT\u00dc Deniz Bilimleri Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc\u2019n\u00fcn kullan\u0131m\u0131na sunulan insans\u0131z su alt\u0131 plan\u00f6r\u00fc Deniz K\u00e2\u015fifi bilime \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutacak \u00f6nemli veriler toplad\u0131. Marmara ve Akdeniz\u2019de ekosistem ve iklim ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131na destek sa\u011flayan veriler, Do\u011fu Akdeniz\u2019de deniz […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":17704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[299,302,300,304],"class_list":["post-17703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-haber","tag-akdeniz","tag-deniz-kasifi","tag-marmara","tag-odtu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17705,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17703\/revisions\/17705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yathaberturkiye.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}