Seas are large bodies of water smaller than an ocean. They may be inland bodies of salt or fresh water, or a part of an ocean.
The red sea is a red-ish color because of the cyanobacteria inside of the water. In the sea, cyanobacteria lives. Cyanobacteria are bacterium that live inside of water.
salt.
Its salt content is so high and that means floatation is much easier there.
Google's Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
The Sea Gem Disaster in the UK
The Piper Alpha Fire in The North Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942