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The Mediterranean almost disappeared for an unbelievable reason
A land bridge connecting Europe and Africa would still exist if not for the disaster that helped it.
Salinity
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The period when the Mediterranean dried up into a salty desert
Tectonic plate movements and falling sea levels once separated the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, causing seawater to evaporate and form a vast saline basin.
Scientific application
Research on biochar to improve soil acidity and salinity
Biochar has been researched a lot on its mechanism of reducing heavy metal concentrations in water and soil.
Environment
Why is the West salinity drought so harsh this year?
Salinity drought in the dry season 2019-2020 in the Mekong Delta is considered by many to be more severe than the 2016 record year.
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Where life cannot exist on Earth
High salinity and toxic acids make the Dallol area in the Danakil basin the toughest place that does not exist in any form of life.
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Scientist decodes Antarctic ice holes
Conditions of erratic oceanic climate and a series of strong storms, salinity of sea water reaches the threshold ... causing the water surface to not freeze.
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Drinking too much water, people are making the sea ... more salty
Areas that do not have enough drinking water often switch to desalination solutions, the process of removing salt in seawater to make it drinkable.
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Soak a Dead Sea shirt for 2 years and stunned the end
That's why no creature can live in the Dead Sea.
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Detected 3 billion years old water
The results of the study, published recently in the journal Nature, are immediately recognized by scientists as one of the extremely important findings.
Oceanography
The cause of the Dead Sea is more salty than the ocean
The Dead Sea lies in a low desert, with a faster evaporation rate than water in the ocean, making the lake saltier than seawater because of its higher salt concentration.
Oceanography
Is sea water more salty?
Is seawater more salty because salt flows from rivers to the sea, or is there a way to keep the ocean's salinity level stable?
Oceanography
Sharks become more aggressive because of global warming
Warmer weather creates an ideal temperature for sharks, and high salinity also increases prey. This makes them more aggressive and more bloody.
Oceanography
Fishing network predicts storms
American experts are thinking of making use of satellite card networks that are attached to many large fish species in the Gulf of Mexico to measure ocean temperatures a…
Oceanography
NASA decided to decipher the mystery of the ocean
Some areas of the ocean become more salty while salt concentrations in other regions have decreased over the past half century and the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) wants t…
Oceanography
How salty ocean?
Of course everyone knows seawater is salty, but the concentration here is different. When you know the level of salt in the ocean, it is easier to unlock mysteries such…