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		haberman on April 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The U.S. corn belt has lost a third of its topsoil 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.

evan_ on April 15, 2021 [–]

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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