Why Is Ocean Water Salty? (Earth Is Slowly Dissolving)

Описание: The ocean is salty because Earth is slowly dissolving.

Every time it rains, tiny pieces of mountains, cliffs, and continents are broken down and carried away. Over billions of years, those dissolved minerals have collected in one place — the ocean.

But that raises a bigger question:

If rivers have been delivering salt to the sea for billions of years, why hasn’t the ocean become too salty for life?

In this video, we break down why ocean water is salty, how rainwater slowly erodes rock, how evaporation concentrates salt, and how Earth maintains a long-term chemical balance that keeps our planet habitable.

You’ll discover:

• How rain quietly dissolves continents
• Why rivers aren’t salty but oceans are
• Where salt actually comes from
• Why the ocean isn’t getting saltier forever
• And how salinity helps regulate Earth’s climate

The ocean isn’t just water.
It’s geology in liquid form — a record of mountains that no longer exist.

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