Ocean currents act like conveyor belts, moving warm and cold water across the planet. The salinity of water plays a big role in this process because saltier water is denser and sinks, while ...

Which ocean is the saltiest? Of the world’s five ocean basins — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic — the Atlantic has the highest salinity, says the National Weather Service.

Using salinity as a tracer can show why the cold pool erodes during the summer season when stratification (or, ocean layering) is high and where these changes come from.

Of the world’s five ocean basins — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic — the Atlantic has the highest salinity, says the National Weather Service. This is because salinity ...

Tracking the salinity changes over the oceans is, then, a great way to monitor the water cycle over the oceans. That's pretty important, says Durack, since the 97% of the water on Earth is in the ...

The researchers warn that salinity changes are predicted to intensify alongside ocean warming, deoxygenation, nutrient enrichment and increased sediment loads due to climate change and human activity.

Salinity measurements taken since the 1950s indicate that globally, the more saline areas of the ocean are becoming saltier, and the freshwater areas are becoming fresher. The data for this ...

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ...

An improved estimate of the global water cycle change has been compiled based on the new salinity data, salinity-contrast metrics and model simulations. It shows that the water cycle has been ...

For comparison, Earth’s oceans have a salinity of 35 grams of salt per kilogram of water. The researchers also determined details of water circulation under the moon’s ice.

Since the saltiness of ocean surface waters is a key variable in the climate system, understanding how this changes is important to understanding climate change. Thanks to ESA’s Climate Change […] ...