the variation in space and time of temperature and salinity are also important water mass tracers that can be used to map the ocean circulation. Density is usually calculated using a mathematical ...

Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

The Dead Sea’s density is 1.24 kg per liter, much higher than regular water. This article will explain how its high salinity lets people float. We’ll also look at the health benefits of its ...

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

Because water density increases as temperature decreases and salinity increases, these waters eventually become dense enough to sink in the region south of Greenland and in the Norwegian Sea ...

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 world’s oceans also play an important role in redistributing energy around the globe. Because oceans cover 67 per cent of the Earth's surface, they receive around two third of the Sun's ...