Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on the Rise, Pose Danger

Beware of the blob—this time, it's for real. As sea temperatures have risen in recent decades, enormous sheets of a mucus-like material have begun forming more often, oozing into new regions, and lasting longer, a new Mediterranean Sea study says Full Story »

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Theresa Dark
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by Theresa Dark - Oct. 9, 2009

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I found this article very interesting and a bit scary at the same time. What are we doing to our environment that these natural blobs are getting bigger, more frequent and further afield then the Mediterranean. We definitely need to be studing these blobs "Marine Snow" because they appear to be extremely detrimental to our environment.

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