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re: Antarctic sea ice hit 35-year record high Saturday, Old but interesting artlicle

Posted on 5/31/14 at 7:57 am to
Posted by dante
Kingwood, TX
Member since Mar 2006
10669 posts
Posted on 5/31/14 at 7:57 am to
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the ocean is salty because of salt washed into it from rain.
I need a little better explanation because that does not explain why lakes and streams are fresh water.
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124482 posts
Posted on 5/31/14 at 8:34 am to
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I need a little better explanation because that does not explain why lakes and streams are fresh water.
Don't know if you are serious, but as per earlier posts, water evaporating from the ocean is fresh water.
That fresh water falls as rain on land, replenishing fresh water lakes, rivers and streams.

Regarding the question of historic ocean salinity, in general as sea levels fall as during global glaciation, salinity rises. As sea levels rise during interglacials, salinity generally declines. There are variances in salinity d/t factors other than fresh water mixing. E.g. temperature, current, density.
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