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Land Masses Soaking Up More Water as Climate Warms

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

As ice sheets and glaciers continue to melt, continents and land masses around the world are soaking up and storing more water. That’s temporarily slowing sea level rise, according to new research from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of California, Irvine.

Researchers are concerned about rapidly rising ocean salinity

Scientists are Concerned about Mysterious Rise in Ocean Salinity

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Richard Matthews | 9 Comments

Scientists have observed unexpected changes in the seawater salinity and they are increasingly concerned about the potential impact on ocean currents.  The salinity of seawater can accelerate the water cycle which can cause extreme weather events like floods and drought. To investigate the issue of ocean salinity scientists have boarded the research vessel Knorr, which set sail on September 6, 2012. NASA’s…

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