Photos show what looks like a line between the Atlantic and Pacific with different water colors on either side, but is there some kind of barrier or do the two oceans mix?

The Pacific Ocean, with its lower salinity levels, meets the saltier waters of the Atlantic, creating a gradient that encourages mixing.

Coastal species have been found living on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the middle of the ocean, according to a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution journal.

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Why Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Look Separate? One of the reasons people think the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans don’t mix is the visible boundary where they meet.

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As spotted by Redditors, Google Maps' Street View is populating ghostly, liminal-looking commercial interiors in the middle of the ocean.

The closest major ocean is the Atlantic and it’s nowhere near the Pacific. Simply put, the North Sea and the Pacific Ocean never meet.

The Atlantic Ocean is widening every year because a mountain range under the water is a hotspot of geologic activity, according to a recent study.

In the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, they prey on the deadly Portuguese man-o-war. In marine waters of the Indo-Pacific they eat the man-o-war’s counterpart, the bluebottle jellyfish.

Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans mix? Explore the science behind their visible boundary, the role of salinity and temperature differences, and how Earth’s thermohaline circulation affects them.