This hot water dissolves salts and minerals from the rocks, just as hot water dissolves table salt or sugar much more easily. Seawater carries these dissolved elements into the ocean through vents.

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, ...

Balinese palung salt is made by harvesting seawater from Bali's beaches and evaporating the water using coconut tree trunks. We visited Kusamba village in Bali to see how a community of coastal ...

This research utilising the new toolkit of 2D materials demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water from salt water. To better understand the fundamental mechanisms behind ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MDSalt water may benefit skin health and appearance. Limited research has found seawater may have an exfoliating effect on the skin, making it look and feel smoother.

The Lake Placid community's efforts to reduce salt use, divert runoff has helped bring a key Adirondack lake, Mirror Lake, back from the brink ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Fleur de sel is a rare, unrefined salt that is made by evaporating seawater slowly in 2-centimeter-deep ponds. It's made in western France using centuries-old methods.

Eddies are large, rotating currents that contribute to ocean mixing and transport of heat and salt in seawater. Importantly, eddies modify ocean circulation and can influence climate variability ...