Multiple Choice
The salinity of the ocean, at the present time, seems to be:
A) increasing due to evaporation as the Earth warms up.
B) decreasing due to several years of excessive rainfall.
C) increasing due to pollution.
D) in equilibrium, with dissolved components entering equal to dissolved components leaving.
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