Marine mucilage
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Marine mucilage, also referenced as sea snot or sea saliva, is thick, gelatinous organic matter found around the world's oceans, lately observed in the Mediterranean Sea.
Sea snot – A demonstration of its rheological (visco-elastic) properties
Overhead view of sea snot accumulated in large groupings off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea.
Marine snow
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In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich ph
Marine mucilage
…mucilage. Scientists are not sure of the mechanism for this, but one theory asserts that a massive kill of microscopic marine life created a "blizzard" of marine snow. Scientists worry that the mass of marine mucilage could pose a biohazard to surviving marine life in the area. Marine mucilage left by the spill likely…
Marine snow is a shower of organic material falling from upper waters to the deep ocean.
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Great Barracuda off the Netherland Antilles