Why Is the Ocean Blue?

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?

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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://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/oceanography/living-ocean/ocean-color
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2016-01-01
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/red-color.html