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Cats can drink salt water (infosec.pub)

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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Are oceans getting saltier? The glaciers that are melting are pure freshwater

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I'm not an expert but from a quick googling it seems the oceans are getting LESS salty

https://www.llnl.gov/article/37921/atmospheric-warming-altering-ocean-salinity-and-water-cycle

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

You're halfway there! If the oceans are getting less salty, where else's the extra water coming from?

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I literally already said the answer to that in my original comment.

[–] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think that what SpaceNoodle is trying to say is that the decrease in ocean salinity is correlated to a decrease in fresh water, so even though salinity is dropping, adaptations need to be made because we will run out of fresh water.

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