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An Economic Boom in Turkey Takes a Toll on Marine Life

2013-06-17 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: We were bobbing just south of the Bosphorus, where the straits open to the Marmara Sea. Onshore, were Istanbuls iconic monuments -- the Blue Mosque, the Topkapi Palace, the Aya Sofia -- and in the water was a pod of bottlenose dolphins. Two dorsal fins broke the surface, then a few gray backs arched up, gleaming in the sun. One shot into the air, pale belly flashing briefly. Its the resident group, said Aylin Akkaya, a biologist with Istanbul University who studies the citys dolphins. Theyre...

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