You're by the water's edge, observing a turquoise lagoon, then a little further away, you see an almost black sea at the foot ...

Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, ...

For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study ...

A global ocean color shift is underway, with greener waters near the poles and bluer seas in the tropics, impacting many ...

A new study from Duke showed oceans are getting greener at the poles and bluer in the subtropical regions, like off the SC ...

NASA’s satellites have been photographing the open ocean. Three oceanographers from Duke used this data to examine how the ...

Beachgoers around the world would probably give different descriptions of the ocean. Those gazing at the Caribbean Sea might describe clear or turquoise water, while those along Argentina’s ...

The study finds phytoplankton declines linked to shifts in ocean color. ... the colder water is far more nutrient-dense, ... helped show the color shift in different regions of the ocean.

The color of the ocean has changed significantly over the last 20 years and human-caused climate change is likely responsible, according to a new study.. More than 56% of the world’s oceans have ...

Depending on the properties of the particles in our water sample, they will absorb and scatter radiation at different wavelengths. The light’s wavelength determines the color we see with our eyes.

This may be why the water at one beach is a different color than at another. “If there is a very widespread bloom you may see similar color along the coast,” said Pfeiffer-Herbert.