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Any idea about this line from the seeker article above? > "Salt ions themselves aren't added or removed from the ocean, but water molecules are freely gained o
by ijidak 9y ago
Any idea about this line from the seeker article above?
> "Salt ions themselves aren't added or removed from the ocean, but water molecules are freely gained or lost through the processes of evaporation and precipitation, or freezing and melting of ice," said Ruth Curry, a senior research specialist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
"Salt ions aren't added". That doesn't seem right...
- throwaway5752 9y agoWoods Hole is a fine research institution. I think you can assume they were trying to make the concept accessible to layman. And I think they are trying to not get into all the complexities (yes, Na+ and Cl- ions are added/removed in some natural processes, but many times less readily than water). One could easily point tectonic processes and salt loss via evaporite layer deposition, but you don't lose a lot by not going into the weeds.