Home › Entities › bioluminescence › milky seas effect

milky seas effect

luminous phenomenon in the ocean in which large areas of seawater glow brightly enough at night to be seen by satellites orbiting Earth
Class type of: bioluminescence Q1916842

Facts

1 property
Subclass of
bioluminescence
🏷️ Also known as
en mareel en milky seas effect en milky seas ar بحر محترق da Morild de Meeresleuchten es Mar fosforescente es Mar lacteo es Mar lácteo es Mar de Ardora es Mar de ardora fa اثر دریاتابی fi Merituli he אפקט ים החלב id Efek lautan susu nl lichten van de zee ru свечение моря ru свечение океана sv Bioluminicens sv Mareld
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Noctiluca scintillans.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1QH3OZ
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
114313
Freebase ID
/m/085nm6
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
morild
Lex ID
morild
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2775989417
NE.se ID
mareld

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Subclass of 1
bioluminescence
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

milky seas effect is a type of bioluminescence[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). milky seas effect. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/milky-seas-effect
MLA “milky seas effect.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/milky-seas-effect.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_milky-seas-effect_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{milky seas effect}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/milky-seas-effect}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): milky seas effect — https://4ort.xyz/entity/milky-seas-effect (retrieved 2026-11-08)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/milky-seas-effect · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    "Removed claim: Described at URL: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/mliecne-more/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.