Effects of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea

Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating - intotheblue.it
Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino – Mucilage caused by marine heating – intotheblue.it

The Mucilage caused by marine heating. Nobody can deny that the warming of our planet Earth is now evident even to those who still harbor doubts and uncertainties. Climate change is present at all levels of our ecosystems: from tropical forests to the oceans. In the video I document what is happening more and more frequently in the Mediterranean during the summer when the heating reaches the highest peaks and various types of mucilages are formed which, starting from the surface of the sea, reach more than 40 meters deep. Effects of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea

Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating - intotheblue.it
Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating – intotheblue.it

The temperature of the Mediterranean during the summer period increasingly reaches 27 ° -28 ° C. and beyond and if we consider that rivers carry more and more quantities of nutrients used in agriculture it becomes easy to think that the phenomena of mucilage inflorescences will be destined to increase considerably.Mucilages are the most obvious phenomenon that stands out of all to see, but I must say as a direct witness that there are other phenomena that are no less worrying that are changing the ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea such as the proliferation of Mnemiopsis leidyi that has been included in the the list of 100 of the most harmful invasive species in the world and which intotheblue.it documents among its videos.

Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating - intotheblue.it
Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating – intotheblue.it

The investigations carried on this case out have made it possible to verify that these are mucilaginous aggregates of filamentous cyanobacteria belonging to the order of the Oscillatoriales, with the presence of Calcareous macroalgae, Licmophora Sp. And other pinnate Diatoms. These mucilaginous aggregates are polysaccharide in nature and are not toxic. Proliferation can be associated with rising sea water temperatures.

Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating - intotheblue.it
Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating – intotheblue.it

I want to invite, through the pages of this website, all divers who dive into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea to report those situations of climate warming and marine pollution that can cause damage to such a delicate ecosystem.

Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating - intotheblue.it
Mucillagine causata da riscaldamento marino -Mucilage caused by marine heating – intotheblue.it

 

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