seawater

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For their most recent study, Held’s team analyzed seawater samples collected along multiple locations on five different dates between Feb. 10 and Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

"The ship can produce fresh water by desalinating seawater, but that becomes difficult if we are not sailing," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The Middle East’s abundant desalination plants, which remove salt from the Persian Gulf’s seawater, are the key source of drinking water for millions of residents in the arid region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

One is the expansion of seawater as it warms, since the oceans absorb roughly 90% of the excess heat trapped in Earth's climate system.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

He shot to the surface, coughing, his throat burning with seawater.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell