Perhaps surprisingly, the salt concentration of the oceans has been fairly constant over at least the past 500 million years ...

The discovery of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is considered by many to be the most important change in the energy sector since the introduction of nuclear-generated electricity more ...

The Dead Sea sits at the lowest point on Earth's land surface, approximately 1,412 feet below sea level. This unique location exists within the Jordan Rift Valley, a long depression created by ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Environmental advocates rounded out Winter Salt Week by taking a look at salt concentrations in Madison. The week is put on by Wisconsin Salt Wise. Representatives from that group as ...

A salt is a compound composed of positively and negatively charged ions (e.g., sodium (Na⁺) and chloride (Cl⁻)). While plants require soluble salts as nutrients, excessive amounts—referred to as soil ...