Scientist warns of the inevitable death of the Black Sea

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Turkish scientist, geologist Osman Bektaş in an interview btv He talked about the danger that awaits everyone living near the Black Sea.

Bektaş believes that the death of the sea cannot be prevented or reversed. He pointed out that global warming affects its structure.

According to the geologist, the Black Sea consists of three layers. Toxic gases are located at the bottom, in the middle there is an interlayer, where the temperature is not higher than eight degrees Celsius. It is he who plays the role of the air conditioner, and in the upper part, rich in oxygen, fish and other marine life live.

Bektaş announced that the “protective” layer in the middle has started to thin due to global warming.

Bektaş believes, “The lower layer, which is rich in toxic gases, will mix with the upper layer in the future and threaten the seaside inhabitants.” According to him, it can no longer be corrected.

In 2016, an international team of scientists from Belgium, Germany, Italy and the USA published The results of the studies conducted in the Black Sea for about 60 years. The conclusions of the experts are alarming: If the global warming trend continues and the countries of the region do not reduce the amount of industrial waste discharged into the rivers of the Black Sea basin, it will soon become Pont Euxinus, as the ancient Greeks gave the sea. will become completely uninhabitable. Moreover, we are not talking about some kind of long-term perspective, but only in terms of decades.

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