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salts & sodium

A red horse stands in a marsh, up to its knees, and looks back at the camera.
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What Salty Water Means for Wild Horses

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 20252 March 2026

New research monitors how saltwater intrusion is affecting the behaviors of Shackleford Banks’s wild horses.

Hielo marino agrietado visto desde arriba.
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La salinidad del Océano Austral podría estar desencadenando la pérdida de hielo marino

by Bill Morris 9 October 20259 October 2025

Nuevas tecnologías satelitales han revelado que el Océano Austral se está volviendo más salino, un giro inesperado de los eventos que podría representar un gran problema para la Antártida.

Cracked sea ice seen from above
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Southern Ocean Salinity May Be Triggering Sea Ice Loss

by Bill Morris 29 July 20259 October 2025

New satellite technology has revealed that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, an unexpected turn of events that could spell big trouble for Antarctica.

Big chamber where scientists were able to conduct the mud experiments
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Salt May Be Key to Martian Mudflows

by Larissa G. Capella 9 April 2025

Mars probably has mud volcanoes, and salt might be the ingredient that keeps the flow going.

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Asteroid Samples Suggest a Solar System of Ancient, Salty Incubators

by Molly Herring 2 April 20252 April 2025

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early solar system.

Diagram
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Coastal Dynamics Revealed by Satellite Salinity Data

by Yuanlong Li 11 February 20257 February 2025

One decade of high-quality satellite salinity observations provide valuable insights into the complex dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic Bight.

Photo of researchers deploying an Argo float.
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Are Rogue Argo Floats Skewing Ocean Salinity Data Products?

by Lei Zhou 19 November 202418 November 2024

Global ocean salinity products have become increasingly inconsistent since 2015, coinciding with a drift to higher salinity values in a number of Argo sensors.

Swirls of colored lines through the Atlantic Ocean
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The North Atlantic Is Getting Saltier

by Saugat Bolakhe 29 October 202429 October 2024

The Atlantic is already the saltiest of Earth’s oceans, and parts of it are getting saltier. Winds and warming may be to blame.

Photo of a desert with white salt on the surface.
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Soil Salinization: A Rising Threat to Ecosystems and Global Food Security

by Nima Shokri, Amirhossein Hassani and Muhammad Sahimi 21 October 202418 October 2024

As soil salinization intensifies, it poses serious threats to ecosystems, soil health, global food security and socio-economic stability.

Map of Paradox Basin with symbols
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Faults Along Salt Walls Are Less Stressed in the Paradox Basin

by Birgit Müller 22 July 202422 July 2024

Based on an extended stress database, scientists observe systematic changes in the tectonic stress state and a reduction in fault reactivation potential near salt walls in the Paradox Basin.

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