Why is Atlantic Ocean Brown?

As light bounces off and passes through water, it reflects the color blue back to our eyes, but microscopic algae and tiny sediments known as colored dissolved organic matter
colored dissolved organic matter
Also known as chromophoric dissolved organic matter, yellow substance, and gelbstoff, CDOM occurs naturally in aquatic environments and is a complex mixture of many hundreds to thousands of individual, unique organic matter molecules, which are primarily leached from decaying detritus and organic matter.
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muddy the metaphorical waters and cause oceans to appear green, red, or brown
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Why is the Atlantic Ocean so murky?

It's about what's in the water

That's because that murky water is typically home to more living organisms, including phytoplankton (algae) and zooplankton (jellyfish and other ocean-wandering animals), which in turn make the water appear cloudy.
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Why is NJ ocean water brown?

Some sediment comes from the rivers — finer-grained silts and clays will stay suspended in the water longer — and gives the water more of a brown and opaque look.
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What is the color of Atlantic Ocean?

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. The ocean may also take on green, red, or other hues as light bounces off of floating sediments and particles in the water.
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Why is our sea brown?

And how about water that appears to be varying shades of brown? Murkier water is usually caused by one of two things: the first is upwelling, wherein the warmer surface waters of the ocean move out to sea and are replaced by deeper, colder, sediment-rich waters.
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Why the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Don't Mix



Why is English sea water brown?

Much of the Uk sand comes from rocks most of which are brown or greyish and we have one of the highest tidal movements in the world plus strong winds as mentioned will churn up the sand, Coral seas tend to be clearer because the sand is made of coral and heavier.
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Why is Caribbean water so clear?

The Caribbean Sea, like other tropical ocean regions, contains warm, clear water. The water is clear due to the absence of plankton and suspended particles.
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Why is Atlantic Ocean not blue?

As light bounces off and passes through water, it reflects the color blue back to our eyes, but microscopic algae and tiny sediments known as colored dissolved organic matter muddy the metaphorical waters and cause oceans to appear green, red, or brown.
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Why is Hawaii water so clear?

The Big Island of Hawaii is the youngest of the island chain. The majority of the coastline is still lava rock. This means there is no sand to stir up in the water. There is also less runoff from the shore.
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Why is the Pacific Ocean dark?

That's when the warmer surface temperatures of the ocean move further out to sea and are replaced with deeper, colder and more sediment-rich waters. The Pacific Ocean is huge and turns a lot of water brownish-gray as a result of upwelling.
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Why are east Coast beaches brown?

When the water looks murky or brown, it means there is a lot of mud, or sediment, in the water. Sediment particles can be so tiny that they take a long time to settle to the bottom, so they travel wherever the water goes. Rivers carry sediment into the bay, and waves and tides help keep the sediment suspended.
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Why is NYC ocean water dirty?

A clean-water advocate explained that the city has 460 points along its shoreline where about 27 billion gallons of raw sewage and storm water are dumped into New York Harbor every year when combined sanitary-storm sewers overflow during heavy storms.
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Why is NYC ocean water brown?

That's when the warmer surface temperatures of the ocean move further out to sea and are replaced with deeper, colder and more sediment-rich waters. The Pacific Ocean is huge and turns a lot of water brownish-gray as a result of upwelling.
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Why is California ocean water not clear?

The other cause for turbidity is living organic material in the water; it is also an important reason that California water is less clear than Hawaiian or Bahamian waters. The waters off California typically have much more phytoplankton and chlorophyll, and therefore are more turbid, than in Hawaii or the Bahamas.
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What is the clearest water in the world?

The Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula

The Weddell Sea has been claimed by scientists to have the clearest waters of any ocean in the world.
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Why are Indian beaches not blue?

The primary reason for not having clear blue water at Indian beaches is rivers, and the terrain on which those rivers run. You will see that all turquoise blue waters come from islands. Islands do not have rivers. Rivers bring in sediment and turbulence which keeps the sediments afloat.
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Why is Arabian sea water black?

“The river water flows into the sea and decomposed organic waste like leaves of trees have mixed with sea water. Since the sea is volatile, this waste is being washed to the shore and that is the reason why the water looks black when one sees it from the beach.”
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Why is the Caribbean so blue?

The Caribbean is such a light a shade of blue due to the tendency of the Caribbean coast to scatter sunlight. The fact that the sand is light colored and the water is relatively shallow also makes the water appear turquoise.
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Which ocean is the bluest?

Story by Kathryn Hansen, based on text by Joaquín Chaves-Cedeño. Some of the clearest, bluest ocean waters on Earth are found in the South Pacific.
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Why is the Atlantic Ocean a different color than the Pacific?

The basic principle behind the remote sensing of ocean color from space is this: the more phytoplankton in the water, the greener it is....the less phytoplankton, the bluer it is. There are other substances that may be found dissolved in the water that can also absorb light.
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Why is the Black Sea Black?

There are a number of hypotheses for why it was eventually called the Black Sea: Metal objects from ships, dead plants, and animal matter that sunk deeper than 150 meters for a long period of time became covered with a black sludge due to the high concentration of hydrogen sulfide in the sea.
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What is the dirtiest ocean in the world?

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean is probably the most polluted ocean in the world. The United Nations Environment Programme has estimated that 650,000,000 tons of sewage, 129,000 tons of mineral oil, 60,000 tons of mercury, 3,800 tons of lead and 36,000 tons of phosphates are dumped into the Mediterranean each year.
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Why is Bora Bora water so blue?

Why is Bora Bora water so blue? The delightful illusion is created by the interplay of light water and the brilliant white-sand which carpets the depths of the lagoon. The best way to really experience these gemlike shades of blue is by crossing Bora Bora's lagoon. …
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How is Bora Bora water so clear?

1. Bora Bora, French Polynesia. Home to a multitude of luxury resorts on stilts above the water, Bora Bora attracts tourists from all over the planet looking to get an eyeful of clear, turquoise waters. The fine white sand surrounding the island accounts heavily for the clarity and color.
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