Why the Sea Is Salty

Why the Sea Is Salty

The salty taste of seawater is one of the most recognizable features of our oceans. While freshwater rivers flow constantly into the sea, carrying dissolved minerals, the oceans remain salty…
The Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of Earth’s oceans, located in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Mariana Islands. It is a crescent-shaped trench about 2,550 kilometers…