污水太營養引起
There’s a crisis happening in Turkey right now, and it’s caused by sea snot.
土耳其現正面臨「海鼻涕」引起的危機。
cause(v.)導致;造成
For months, this thick yellow mucus has covered the Sea of Marmara in the Mediterranean, and it’s hurting both the sea life and Turkey’s economy.
幾個月以來，這些濃稠的黃色黏液覆蓋了地中海的馬摩拉海，危及海洋生態與土耳其經濟。
mucus(n.)黏液;痰hurt(v.)造成傷害;損害
Turkey is working hard to get rid of it, but the large amounts of mucus floating at the surface is a sign of much larger issues in the sea.
儘管土耳其積極處理海鼻涕問題，但海面上大量的黏液預示著海中更嚴重的危機。
get rid of=丟棄;擺脫float(v.)漂浮;浮動be a sign of sth.=為某事的徵兆
Michael Stachowitsch, a marine ecologist at the University of Vienna, explains that mucus is not an unnatural phenomenon.
維也納大學海洋生態學家斯泰肖維奇解釋道，這些黏液是自然現象。
marine(adj.)海洋相關的unnatural(adj.)不自然的;非天然的
“There’s no marine organism that doesn’t produce mucus, from the lowly snail to the slimy fish,” he said.
他表示：「從低等的海底蝸牛到全身佈滿黏液的魚類，海洋生物無不分泌黏液」。
organism(n.)有機體;生物lowly(adj.)低等的slimy(adj.)黏糊糊的
However, this much mucus is not normal in healthy waters. The cause of the mucus crisis is phytoplankton.
然而，水質健康的海域通常不會有如此大量的黏液，造成此次海鼻涕危機的罪魁禍首是浮游植物。
normal(adj.)普通的;平常的cause(n.)原因
These phytoplankton produce excess mucus when they receive imbalanced nutrients from fertilizer runoff or untreated wastewater.
這些浮游植物從肥料與未經處理的污水中獲得過多的養分時就會過量分泌黏液。
excess(n.)(adj.)過量(的);過度(的)nutrient(n.)養分fertilizer(n.)肥料
For the unlucky creatures on the seafloor, thick layers of mucus will cut off their oxygen.
對倒楣的海底生物而言，厚厚一層的黏液阻斷牠們的氧氣供給。
layer(n.)層cut off=切斷和某事的關聯;阻斷資源
Turkey’s fishing and tourism industries are taking a big hit from the crisis as well because fishing boats cannot go to sea and tourists prefer to stay far away from the mess.
由於漁船無法出航，而旅客寧可遠離充滿黏液的海岸，土耳其的漁業與觀光業因此嚴重受挫。
take a hit from sth.=受…重創prefer to RV=寧可做某事