Why Is the Ocean Blue?

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You may have satisfied your inner five-year-old by learning why the sky is blue, but where does the ocean's color come from? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin, Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/oceanwater.html https://www.researchgate.net/figure/225633277_fig3_Fig-5-Spectrum-of-sunlight-reflection-off-the-ocean's-surface https://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/EDDOCS/Wavelengths_for_Colors.html http://inside.mines.edu/fs_home/dwu/classes/CH353/study/Why%20is%20Water%20Blue.pdf http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=532 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-the-ocean-appear/ https://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/light_travel.html http://mentalfloss.com/article/50384/how-can-bodies-water-be-different-colors https:/

Published 2017-05-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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