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Chapter 5: The Properties of Seawater

The Properties of Seawater (No icon associated with this topic)
This site has an excellent overview of the components of seawater.
Visit the Seawater Composition web site
The Solutes of Seawater
A simple overview of the salty properties of the ocean.
Visit the Why is the Ocean Salty? web site
Salinity
A discussion of why temperature and salinity affect mixing in the ocean.
Visit the Variations in a Salty Ocean web site
Temperature
This animated map tracks the Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies of the Pacific ocean since October 2005.
Visit the SST Anomalies web site
Temperature/Gases in Seawater
This site has a discussion of the many different properties of seawater.
Visit the Properties of Seawater web site
The Global Water Cycle
The USGS water cycle website details all of the different components of the global water cycle.
Visit the What is the water cycle? web site
The Global Water Cycle
This EPA site aimed at children provides a simple, yet thorough explanation of the water cycle and how it may be affected by global warming.
Visit the Global Warming and the Water Cycle web site

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