As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

Global sea levels continue to rise around the world, threatening freshwater resources. Credit: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Global sea levels rose faster than expected last ...

Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of ... For comparison, the salinity of the Red Sea, the saltiest sea on Earth, is 41‰ and reaches 350‰ in some hypersaline ...

Seawater is known for being quite salty. Salt in the sea, or ocean salinity, is mainly caused by rain washing mineral ions from the land into water. Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, ...

The invasive Pacific oyster have adapted to life in less salty seas and are reproducing off the coast of Skåne, although ...

An influx of salt from both land and sea and a warming world are condemning the world's rivers, streams and estuaries to a ...

Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s ...

Do you want to float on water? Take a trip to the Dead Sea or the Great Salt Lake. Because both bodies of water contain huge amounts of salt, swimmers can easily float! Compare the densities of ...

Drought and sea level rise have caused salt water from the Atlantic Ocean to creep into the Delaware River Basin, a major source of drinking water for Philadelphia and the surrounding area ...

which averaged together four-tenths of a part in every 1000 of sea water. Common salt containing from 94 to 96 parts ot muriate of soda, and from 4 to 6 parts of other salts in 100 of dry salt.

The Delaware River Basin Commission says the current plan to boost downstream flows may not be enough to repel a “salt front” in the tidal Delaware River.