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 ...

Ecological implications. As sea ice disappears and gives way to open water, the underwater light environment shifts from a broad spectrum of colors to a narrower, blue-dominated spectrum.

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

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

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

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

This color filtering gives the ocean its blue appearance. 'Cascading effects' This change in the quality of underwater light affects some algae living in polar waters.

The “large, conspicuous” animals are often seen by divers in the Galapagos Islands but went misidentified for over 180 years — until now. Take a look.

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean, but also changes its color. These changes have far-reaching ...

Universiteit van Amsterdam. (2025, May 2). Loss of sea ice alters the colors of light in the ocean. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 ...

Loss of sea ice alters the colors of light in the ocean. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Journal Nature DOI 10.1038/s41467-025-59386-x ...