Y sea water is salty?

Answer 1

Scientific theories behind the origins of sea salt started with Sir Edmond Halley in 1715, who proposed that salt and other minerals were carried into the sea by rivers, having been leached out of the ground by rainfall runoff. Upon reaching the ocean, these salts would be retained and concentrated as the process of evaporation removed the water. Halley noted that of the small number of lakes in the world without ocean outlets (such as the Dead Sea and the Caspian Sea), most have high salt content. Halley termed this process "continental weathering".

Halley's theory is partly correct. In addition, sodium was leached out of the ocean floor when the oceans first formed. The presence of the other dominant element of salt, chloride, results from "outgassing" of chloride (as hydrochloric acid) with other gases from Earth's interior via volcanos and hydrothermal vents. The sodium and chloride subsequently became the most abundant constituents of sea salt.

Ocean salinity has been stable for millions of years, most likely as a consequence of a chemical/tectonic system which recycles the salt. Since the ocean's creation, sodium is no longer leached out of the ocean floor, but instead is captured in sedimentary layers covering the bed of the ocean. One theory is that plate tectonics result in salt being forced under the continental land masses, where it is again slowly leached to the surface.

Answer 2

It is estimated that when a male whale ejaculates into a female whale that only about 25 gallons, of over 400 gallons, of whale semen actually gets inside the female. The rest is disgarded into the oceans and seas of the world. How many male whales are there throughout the world? Hundreds, thousands? I have no idea, but be careful not to swallow the sea water next time.

Answer 3

The sea is salty because water from the rivers pick up minerals and they flow into the ocean...when they reach the sea, water evaporates but the minerals do not, therefore the ocean gets saltier and saltier.

Answer 4

All the salt flow to the sea when there rain. It then heat up by the sun left only the salt in the sea.

Answer 5

sea water contains many type of salts and minerals.

Answer 6

I think the 'Morton Salt Company' might have something to do with it...

Answer 7

have you seen the size of a whale's penis? it's huge. and they pee in the water.

Answer 8

antibacterial

Answer 9

It has dead stuff in it.