Contrary to predictions, the surface waters around Antarctica are becoming saltier, a phenomenon that worsens ice melt. This ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

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Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

The ocean around Antarctica is changing in unexpected ways. Since 2015, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has been ...

This animation shows how the boom of Europa Clipper’s magnetometer deployed — while the spacecraft was in flight — to its full length of 28 feet (8.5 meters). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Radar Deployment ...

A Long March 4B Y53 carrier rocket carrying a new satellite for ocean-salinity detection blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China's Shanxi province on Nov 14, 2024.

Beijing, SANA-China sent a new satellite for ocean-salinity detection into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province. “The satellite was ...

The salinity level in some seas is much higher than the rest of the ocean, like the Mediterranean. Some lakes, such as California's Mono Lake and the Caspian Sea in Asia, are saltier.