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New research coming out of the United Kingdom (U.K.) suggests that the amount of salt in seawater is varying in direct response to man-made climate changes. Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring at the Meteorological Office in Exeter, England has analyzed 50 years of meteorological data. Stott's analysis suggests that global warming is changing precipitation patterns over our planet. Higher temperatures increase evaporation in subtropical zones; the moisture is then carried by the atmosphere towards higher latitudes which increases ocean salinity there. [Source: NASA Press Release]
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