There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in the ocean in the summertime. Sand, sunshine and the smell of salt water are practically staples when the weather gets warm. The only thing that’s unpleasant ...

NASA’s new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the ocean surface, providing an early glimpse of the mission’s anticipated discoveries. NASA’s new Aquarius ...

New research shows salt in drinking water may raise blood pressure, especially in coastal regions where seawater mixes with ...

For most people, salt is something to see on their plate, not in their tap. But a global analysis suggests that drinking ...

Risk factor comparable to low physical activity, researcher suggests ...

Since the saltiness of ocean surface waters is a key variable in the climate system, understanding how this changes is important to understanding climate change. Thanks to ESA’s Climate Change ...

Cliff Ross notes that in stories and studies on human-caused climate change, most of the emphasis is on a rapidly warming world that is expected to only get hotter and hotter. That's fair enough, he ...

A new global analysis suggests that the sodium in drinking water could be an overlooked contributor to high blood pressure. The study, published in BMJ ...