Why does water seem to get bluer the warmer or colder it gets, like in the Caribbean or the Arctic?
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Bluer as opposed to what? If you mean the seagreen you have in ports and along beaches, then that colour probably comes from algae or suspended detritus.
I imagine that around the arctic it is too cold for them to live, so they can’t colour the water. the same might be true for very warm water, but not the range of temperatures most seawater reaches.
–Water’s blue colour comes from the same thing that makes the sky blue. Light being bent by the water, so the more water i.e. the deeper the water the deeper the blue gets. Up to a point at least.–
Ignore this bit. Apparently wrong.
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