Nikolai Shadrin, PhD in Biology and Leading Researcher from the Southern Seas Biology Institute, commented on the Turkish scientist geologist Osman Bektaş’s article warning of a possible danger due to toxic gases in the subterranean layer. Black Sea. Shadrin called this prediction a “horror story” with no scientific justification. He explained that the hydrogen sulfide in the Black Sea emerged thousands of years ago as a result of the salty waters of the Mediterranean passing into the ancient fresh Euxine Sea. This process is natural and has been going on for thousands of years. Above the hydrogen sulfide layer are purple bacteria that absorb it, so hydrogen sulfide does not rise higher.
Shadrin noted that nature has powerful self-regulation mechanisms and that humanity should not interfere with natural processes that we do not yet fully understand. He emphasized the importance of conducting comprehensive studies in order to better understand how to solve the problems created by man in the Black Sea. As a result, he pointed to the need to expand the research conducted in Sevastopol by the Southern Seas Institute of Biology and the Marine Hydrophysics Institute.
In an article by Bektaş published on bTV, the scientist said that the death of the Black Sea is inevitable due to global warming. He described the three-layer structure of the sea: at the bottom there are toxic gases, in the middle is a low-temperature interlayer, and in the upper oxygen-rich layer, where fish and other marine animals live. Bektaş warned that the middle layer is starting to thin and that the lower layer will mix with the upper layer in the future, posing a threat to people living by the sea.
Source: Ferra
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