Turkey’s ‘Little Pink Lake’ Is Now Brown: Here’s Why

There are eight or ten pink lakes in the world and two or three in our country, and they are among the fascinating parts of nature with their unusual colors. Especially Hillier in Australia Lake 250 meters width and 600 meters deep while being the biggest and most favorite of the pink lakes, Dalyan of Çanakkale in Turkey an example known with heart shape in the village and Servant of Konya There are two examples in the district known for their small size. Or rather, there was. Indeed, every year in Konya The lake has turned brown this year.

The secret of these lakes, which are pink in color unlike ordinary lakes; the angle of the sun, the intensity of the sun’s rays, salinity and alga/bacterium While it was ranked as the rate of interest, a frightening news came from our hearted lake. The lake in Konya Kulu, which turns pink every year and is famous for this aspect, has turned brown this year. Here’s why!

Pink Lake is now ‘Brown’

Küçük Lake, which has a karstic structure in Kulu, one of the northern districts of Konya, and turned pink with the increase of dunaliella salina microorganisms in it due to the temperature, remained brown this year. While people who see the photos and news wonder about the cause of the situation and the result in parallel, the first explanation on the subject Selcuk University Faculty of Science Head of Hydrobiology Department Prof. Dr. Cengiz AkkozIt came from

Evaluating the change in the lake Akkoz, of Salt Lake located in the northwest of the Little Lake He attributed the browning to the proliferation of microorganisms due to the increase in the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus this year. “sea and in lakes live alga and cyanobacteria there are living things. Most of these creatures microscopic invisible creatures. These creatures become visible when they multiply excessively. in the Little Lake It is a family of creatures that we call cyanobacteria that produce color.

cyanobacteria, nostocales of his family nodularia is a member. These creatures live in water at certain periods. nitrogen and phosphorus If the input increases, changes in ambient temperature and water temperature may affect such organisms. to reproduce causes. As a result of this proliferation, it causes a change in the color of the water. In the color change in this lake Brown and yellow It has tones. This too from overgrowth of nodular because it turns the color of the water into this”

“This color change is seasonal”

Stating that there is nothing to fear about the color change in the lake, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Akköz concluded his words as follows: We can evaluate seasonally. It can also occur due to changes in seasonal temperatures. People who graze animals in the region also use this water for their animals for a while. in not using It’s useful too.”