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ESA [ Watch The Video Freshwater Plume From SMOS And Aquarius ] The saltiness of the oceans is being closely monitored from space by both ESA’s SMOS and NASA’s Aquarius missions, but in slightly different ways. By joining forces, researchers are exploiting these complementary missions to benefit climate science even further. Everyone knows that seawater is salty, but it isn’t that obvious that the concentration of salt – the salinity – of the surface waters of the world’s...

WATCH VIDEOS: [Aquarius Measuring Salty Seas 1] - [Aquarius Measuring Salty Seas 2] Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The salinity level of the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans has been a growing topic in response to global climate change. As NASA’s Aquarius instrument has shown previously, seasonal salinity has been on the rise in oceans all around the world. This year, the picture is no less striking, with deep shades of oranges and reds, at least in the...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA-sponsored expedition is set to sail to the North Atlantic's saltiest spot to get a detailed, 3-D picture of how salt content fluctuates in the ocean's upper layers and how these variations are related to shifts in rainfall patterns around the planet. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The research voyage is part of a multi-year mission, dubbed the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional...