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Does the Ocean Continually Get Saltier? (2018x297)
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Most sea salts come from water-caused erosion, whereby rivers ultimately carry the dissolved salts to the oceans. Absent a few key processes, the ocean’s salinity would continuously increase; however, there are several mechanisms, called “salt sinks,” that help remove salts from the oceans at pretty much exactly the same rate as they are added.
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http://ponce.sdsu.edu/usgs_why_is_the_ocean_salty/usgs_why_is_the_ocean_salty.html
http://aquarius.nasa.gov/
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/are-the-oceans-getting-saltier.htm
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http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2004/05mar_arctic/
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http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/Lectures/ocean_currents.html
http://www.livescience.com/3883-globa