The ocean gets its color because water molecules are able to absorb any shade except blue. Therefore, it is reflected, coloring the liquid.

The color of the ocean can change the phytoplankton that live on the surface and have adapted to life in both warm and cold waters. As global warming continues, species will either thrive, die, or migrate to other places suitable for their existence. Thus, organisms will accumulate in certain areas, changing the color of the liquids.

Team of scientists analyzed satellite data collected over 20 years and noticed that 56% of the world’s oceans had changed color. The reason was precisely a change in the density of plankton, which contains chlorophyll (a bright green pigment that helps plants obtain food from sunlight).

According to the modeled scenario, if the oceans continue to warm due to large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, the blue subtropical zones and greener regions along the equator in the world’s oceans will become much brighter than now.

The study authors say the color change is a warning sign of drastic global change.

Scientists have concluded that even a slight change in the color of water has a detrimental effect on the food chain, which has a negative impact on the life of the entire ecosystem. Climate change will also lead to the dominance of smaller plankton, which have less ability to store carbon. This is a concern in the scientific community, as the ocean absorbs a third of the world’s emissions.

Climate change is one of the six frontiers that humanity has crossed. Scientists They saythat if you cross three more, irreversible consequences will begin on Earth.

Anna Morozova