The bottom of a cut-out block of 2 m thick ice covered with ice algae, placed atop the sea ice of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not ...

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 ...

Blue is the hallmark color of the sea. After all, many of the world’s most pristine bodies of water are famous for their alluring blue color. Yet, over the last two decades, over half of the Earth’s ...

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 ...