Why the Oceans Are Getting Darker
This episode is sponsored by Endel, an app that creates personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep.The first 100 people to sign up here get a free week of audio experience: https://app.adjust.com/b8wxub6?campaign=scishow_february&adgroup=youtube You’d never tell just by staring out from a sandy beach, but the coasts are gradually getting darker, and the effects of this darkening are only beginning to be understood. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bryan Cloer, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Jason A Saslow, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Nazara, Ash, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, Adam Brainard, charles george, Jeremy Mysliwiec, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Chris Peters, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://eos.org/articles/kelps-carbon-sink-potential-could-be-blocked-by-coastal-darkening https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-environmental-threat-youve-never-heard-of/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.547829/full https://blog.limnology.wisc.edu/2017/04/19/the-secchi-disk-celebrates-150-years-of-clarity/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2790.epdf https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.15837 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.14810 https://www.nalms.org/secchidipin/monitoring-methods/the-secchi-disk/what-is-a-secchi-disk/ https://www.nalms.org/secchidipin/monitoring-methods/the-secchi-disk/why-a-black-and-white-secchi-disk/ Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/polar-bear-on-ice-close-to-golden-glittering-water-gm182183614-12843284 https://www.flickr.com/photos/onms/51190798726/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/48722974@N07/4464667181 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/30399340 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-view-of-a-yacht-in-the-persian-gulf-in-dubai-uae-ryn3nfmfdkh60hv0n https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/slow-motion-of-rain-drops-falling-into-a-water-puddle-with-water-splashing-bbvjb5g8ik80k4ud8 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/floods-in-the-streams-wide-dirty-river-with-muddy-orange-water-and-fields-flooded-pastures-overflowed-its-banks-after-rain-have-flooded-trees-during-rainy-season-346764870 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-targets-coastal-ecosystems-with-new-space-sensor https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Sea_map-en.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Angelo_Secchi.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/usacehq/6005616136 https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmidwest/6286377754 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92113/spring-color-in-the-north-sea https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/micrograph-of-pinnularia-diatom-dividing-gm1176206903-327840866 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phytoplankton_-_the_foundation_of_the_oceanic_food_chain.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MercuryFoodChain.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Figure_22_03_01.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/underwater-grass-forest-of-seaweed-svvn-bvw_kl2lgh4j https://www.flickr.com/photos/usoceangov/12801115735 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92786/a-broad-view-of-flooding-in-the-carolinas https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/mock-up-screen-phone-gm1318420912-405555013\
