Water Selectively Absorbs Light Wavelengths The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light ...

An image of the northern Gulf of Mexico created from remote-sensing reflectance and chlorophyll measurements taken from newly reprocessed VIIRS data. In a study published July 12 in the journal Nature ...

Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research. Satellite data shows that ocean waters are getting ...

The color of the oceans is changing. It’s not noticeable to the naked eye yet, but satellites are already picking up the shifting wavelengths. The culprit? Climate change. According to new research ...

To track the changes in ocean color, scientists analyzed measurements of ocean color taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite, which has been ...

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People who love the ocean know it can be blue, green or gray, depending on the weather. It’s a different color in the tropics than here in New England or up in the Arctic. But here’s a factor most ...

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The ocean's color has changed significantly in 20 years, and the trend is likely a consequence of human-induced climate change, report scientists. The ocean's color has changed significantly over the ...