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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by haberman on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:52PM (#26826607)
Why does desalination produce brackish water (this is a new term to me)? From context I expected "brackish water" to mean water that is saltier than seawater. But when I look it up, it's apparently water with salinity between fresh water and seawater.
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Re:The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil by evan_ on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:41PM (#26827539)
definitions aside you should be able to understand that if you add salt to ocean water it will be saltier, not less salty, than it was before
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