Big Questions: What makes oceans so salty?

 Earth's oceans are much different than its streams, rivers, and lake. The ocean contains large amounts of salt which give the water such a high salinity. This salinity is built up through rain water's acidic ability to erode and break down rocks, exposing salt deposits. This will end up staying in that water deposit forever, if you take out the possibility of animal or human disturbance, because it doesn't evaporate with the water.  I believe that  this is very interesting and it provides a basic understanding of questions that we never thought to ask.

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  1. chrheaNovember 19, 2018 at 4:55 AM

    Link to the article, please.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 19, 2018 at 7:27 PM

    This is a very interesting answer to a question that I never thought to ask. It makes me wonder if the salt will eventually build up and become harmful to the ecosystem.

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