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After pulling data from 1.6 million salinity profiles and data from the international Argo Program - a massive fleet of small oceanic robotic probes that gather information used by 50 research and operational agencies from 26 countries - scientists have found that the ocean has changed salinity levels over the past 50 years. The areas of the ocean that get the most rainfall are less salty, while the areas that get the least is getting more salty, revealing that our water cycle is getting more defined. The study, co-authored by CSIRO scientists Paul Durack and Dr Susan Wijffels, also confirms simulations by the IPCC that showed global warming impacting our water cycle. Those predictions of an intensified water cycle are playing out. Article continues: Ocean Saltiness Shows Global Warming Is Intensifying Our Water Cycle
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